Fcb Cadell Paintings

Cadell art prints francis cadell 1883 1937 was one of the four scottish colourists who pioneered the use of rich colour in the fauvist movement into 1920s british painting.

Fcb cadell paintings. He studied in paris and lived in munich before settling in his native edinburgh around 1909. From around 1920 his work became brighter and bolder. Francis cadell apr 12 1883 dec 6 1937. He was fascinated with reflections as seen in still lifes of the later 1920s.

He worked by applying brilliantly coloured paint in flat planes to create studies of grand interiors elegant women and sweeping landscapes. Cadell s pre war work is influenced by the impressionists. Fcb cadell rsa rsw in the early to mid 1920s cadell created remarkable still lifes. He used strong flat blocks of colour with limited perspective shadows to paint objects such as roses bowls.

From october 2011 march 2012 the scottish national gallery of modern art held a major solo retrospective of cadell s work the first since that held at the national gallery. Today he continues to be celebrated as a remarkably versatile artist who did much to put scottish art at the fore of the modern european movement. He is perhaps the most elegant of the colourists renowned for his stylish portrayals of edinburgh new town interiors and his vibrantly coloured daringly simplified still lifes. See more ideas about colourist scottish colourists art.

Fcb cadell 1883 1937 on pinterest. Francis campbell boileau cadell rsa 12 april 1883 6 december 1937 was a scottish colourist painter renowned for his depictions of the elegant new town interiors of his native edinburgh and for his work on iona. The green bottle francis campbell boileau cadell rsa was a scottish colourist painter renowned for his depictions of the elegant new town interiors of his native edinburgh and for his work on iona. Struck down by cancer in 1937 at the age of just fifty four cadell was fondly remembered for his vivacious eccentricity and what peploe called a sensuous enjoyment of good living.