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Haitian work
In 1931, Scott was awarded the Julius Rosenwald fellowship (Rosenwald Fund) for study in Haiti. One of his more famous paintings from this period is Night Turtle Fishing in Haiti, 1931, which depicts the work of four Haitian men out on the water. Night Turtle Fishing is characterized by the strength of the figures whose labor energizes the work. Scott's work features deep attention paid to the use of light in framing his compositions. Much to that effect, Scott uses the sun in Night Turtle Fishing to center the work and draw the viewer's eye to the fishermen.

The lively markets in Haiti were one of Scott's favorite subjects, and he portrayed such scenes in their marked vitality in Haitian Market, 1950. This painting mimics the crowded nature of Haitian market life. The classical columns in the painting's architectural backdrop add an invocation of splendor to the work. Scott enjoyed the markets of Haiti as they owed well to the completion of his visual project of "types". Scott expressed his desire when visiting Haiti to create types, depictions of various Haitians engaged in labor. Scott also created portraits of types in his efforts to cultivate a series of "50 distinct Negro types." Scott has been since criticized by scholars for the similarity his Haitian types bear to the racial types used by Europeans to justify racist ideologies. Scott's Haitian landscapes have also been criticized for their focus on themes of the virgin, exotic lands rather than any inclusion of Haitian cultural or historical elements. Despite such criticisms, Haitians particularly enjoyed Scott's work. Until Scott's creative journey, the artists in Haiti were accustomed primarily to French art. Scott's works during this period showed Haitians that domestic subjects were suitable for painting. At the behest of Haitian president Sténio Vincent, Scott participated in two exhibitions of his art in Haiti during which his work was well received.

Inherent exoticism??