This four-volume publication covers the work of William Scott RA's career from 1928-1986, in which he painted more than 1000 works in oil. Each piece is accompanied with text providing information on the work with documentary material relevant to its history. The artist's own papers and many previously unpublished letters and lecture notes have been made available by his family especially for this project revealing a great deal more about the Scott's life and work and how these aspects of his career had a bearing on the wider context of contemporary British art.