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Scott was a student at [[Glasgow School of Art]] from 1903 to 1909, where he studied both drawing and painting while working as a letter artist and art teacher.<ref>{{cite web|title=GSA Catalogue Entry|url=http://www.gsaarchives.net/archon/index.php?p=core/search&subjectid=601|accessdate=18 September 2015}}</ref> After graduating from the Glasgow school of art in 1909, he emigrated to [[Canada]] in 1912, where he was appointed as Art Supervisor for Calgary Schools. Eventually, Scott settled in [[Vancouver]] in 1914, working as Art Supervisor for Vancouver Schools.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian Heritage Information Network|url=http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?rlD=14710&flD=2&lang=en&pl/d=1&an=scott%2C+charles&ps=50&sort=AM_ASC}}</ref> After the outbreak of [[World War I]], Scott enlisted in the Canadian Force, serving overseas from 1915 to 1918.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scott, Charles Hepburn|url=http://www.british-columbia-artists.ca/scott.pdf|website=BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS|publisher=SIM PUBLISHING|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref> After the war, he returned to British Colombia where, in 1919, his belief in the importance of a community's cultural consciousness lead him to become a founding member of the British Colombian Arts League. As part of this group, Scott helped to lobby for the establishment of an art school and gallery in Vancouver, neither of which existed in the city prior to that time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian Heritage Information Network|url=http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?rlD=14710&flD=2&lang=en&pl/d=1&an=scott%2C+charles&ps=50&sort=AM_ASC}}</ref>
In 1935 the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Art (later the Vancouver School of Art and currently the [[Emily Carr University of Art and Design]]) opened its doors; Scott served as principal of the school from 1926 until 1952.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vancouver Art Gallery Publication|url=http://projects.vanartgallery.bc.ca/publications/75years/pdf/Scott_Charles_53.pdf|accessdate=18 September 2015}}</ref> During his tenure, he attracted notable artists like [[Jock Macdonald]] and [[
While working for the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Art, Scott continued to produce his own work. It was during this time that the artist painted ''Alfresco''(1933), ''Portrait of Melvin'', and ''Morning Tea'', each of which focus on his life in Vancouver, featuring his home, family, and garden.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vancouver Art Gallery Publication|url=http://projects.vanartgallery.bc.ca/publications/75years/pdf/Scott_Charles_53.pdf|accessdate=18 September 2015}}</ref> His art also frequently featured the BC landscape, as he found time to paint and sketch outdoors while on Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Art's regular summer camps. He also occasionally accompanied Macdonald and Varley on sketching trips to Garibaldi during this time. .<ref>{{cite web|title=Vancouver Art Gallery Publication|url=http://projects.vanartgallery.bc.ca/publications/75years/pdf/Scott_Charles_53.pdf|accessdate=18 September 2015}}</ref>
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