Noman WJ Scott (b. 1913, d. 1978) was born in Gisborne. Scott served in the Royal Air Force in WW2 and was captured as a Prisoner of War. After the war he attended the Slade School of Art in London and graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts. Norman Scott returned to Gisborne in 1948 and spent the rest of his life working full-time as an artist. He is perhaps best remembered for his oil paintings, though he was a very competent watercolourist and sculptor.

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  Norman W J Scott, Theatre, 1969. Collection of Tairawhiti Museum, 1980.31.6