Fcb Cadell

Cadell s youthful aspiration to attend art school was encouraged by his liberal parents.

Fcb cadell. 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. He studied in paris and lived in munich before settling in his native edinburgh around 1909. 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. In the same year cadell paid his first visit to the island of iona in what would prove a beginning of a change of style.

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 i. 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. Born in edinburgh francis campbell boileau cadell studied in paris and lived in munich before returning to his hometown around 1909.

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. 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. He suppressed perspective and shadow and rendered objects such as roses and bowls in blocks of barely modulated colour. He enjoyed watching boxing rugby and football and his sketch books are full of photographs of men taking part in sporting activity.

Cadell s pre war work is influenced by the impressionists. In 1923 and 1924 cadell painted in cassis on the french mediterranean coast. He worked by applying brilliantly coloured paint in flat planes to create studies of grand interiors elegant women and sweeping landscapes. 214 1978 cadell s portraits of male sitters are rare but striking.

Fcb cadell is one of the four artists known as the scottish colourists. Francis cadell was born in edinburgh on 12 april 1883 at 4 buckingham terrace. He was the first born of francis cadell a surgeon and his wife mary hamilton boileau. Cadell s still lifes of the early to mid 1920s are remarkable.

Fcb cadell 1883 1937 circa 1922 oil on canvas bequeathed 1978 by gordon binnie through the art fund museum number. Fcb cadell rsa rsw. 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. Returning regularly to paint throughout.