Fcb Cadell Still Life

His childhood home was at 22 ainslie place on edinburgh s prestigious moray estate and he was educated privately at the edinburgh academy.

Fcb cadell still life. Mar 25 2019 explore ccmfarrow s board art francis campbell boileau f c b cadell followed by 10557 people on pinterest. Fine art society 1971portland gallery london 1990 sprivate collectiona typicalcadell still life painting depicting the familiar fruit flowers and jug scene that the scottish colourist artists are well known for. Returning regularly to paint throughout his life the only interruption to his summer visits was necessitated by the first world war. Cadell s still life s from this period are perhaps his most sophisticated and accomplished paintings capturing an elegant intelligence in the placing of.

Fcb cadell still life the grey fan 1920 in his still lifes of the early to mid 1920s cadell suppressed perspective and shadow and rendered objects such as roses and bowls in blocks of barely modulated colour usually presented within a strictly limited framework. His sister was jean cadell a well known actress. Francis cadell pronounced caddle was born in edinburgh the son of dr francis cadell frcse 1844 1909 a wealthy surgeon and his wife mary hamilton boileau 1853 1907. Still life with tulips and iona was painted in the mid to late 1920 s in cadell s studio at 6 ainslie place and the fluidity of brushstroke and heightened colour he had developed were adapted to great effect in his edinburgh interiors.

Forming a life long love affair with the island the seas and skies which cadell captured en plein air encouraged an intensity of colour which would become characteristic of his work. See more ideas about scottish colourists scottish art colourist.