Scottie Wilson

BORN LOUIS FREEMAN IN GLASGOW, SCOTTIE WILSON WAS A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES WHO ENDED UP IN CANADA AFTER WORLD WAR 1. IT WAS HERE THAT HIS CURIOUS FOUNTAIN PEN DOODLES FIRST EMERGED, BLOSSOMING INTO AN OPUS OF FANTASTICAL GRAPHICS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FACES (KNOWN AS EVILS AND GREEDIES). GREATLY ADMIRED BY THE SURREALISTS AND OTHERS, WILSON BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME, KNOWN FOR FLOGGING HIS DRAWINGS OUTSIDE WHATEVER ART GALLERY DARED REPRESENT HIM. WILSON WAS GREATLY ADMIRED BY ANDRÉ BRETON AND PABLO PICASSO, AND TODAY HIS WORKS RESIDE IN THE TATE AND THE BRITISH MUSEUM.