Unloading The Sled, Baffin Island

Adam Sherriff Scott was born in Perth, Scotland and began his art education in 1903 at the Edinburgh School of Art. He was awarded the Allen-Fraser Scholarship to continue his studies for four years at the Allen-Fraser institute, which was a finishing school for talented young artists, and studied under George Harcourt A.R.A. He was one of only ten artists who qualified for the scholarship. After this, he continued his studies at the Slade School under Henry Tonks as well as at the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery. In 1912, he moved to Brandon, Manitoba, followed shortly thereafter by Calgary, Alberta where he stayed for three years. He worked for an American who commissioned him to paint large scenes of the Canadian West to sell to real estate agents.