F.C.B. Cadell, Afternoon (1913), Private Collection. Oil on canvas, 102 x 127 cms.
Literature: Hewlett, Tom, 'F.C.B. Cadell', Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2011, plate 171
Long, Philip, 'The Scottish Colourists, 1900-1930', National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2000, plate 57
Scenes of elegant interiors peopled with nonchalant and fashionable women are numerous in Cadell’s output. Suggestive of the society portraiture of artists such as like John Singer Sargent, such paintings betray the artist’s interest in the qualities of harmonious colour and diffuse light in a way explored extensively by Whistler.
F.C.B. Cadell, The Poet (c.1912), Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Oil on canvas, 87 x 112 cms.
Literature: Hewlett, Tom, 'F.C.B. Cadell', Lund Humphries, 2011, plate 40
The poet depicted is Norman (Herman) Macdonald, brother of the Scottish artist William Macdonald (1883–1960). This painting was Cadell's diploma work for the RSA.
S.J. Peploe, Girl on a Sofa, Private Collection. Pastel on paper, 37 x 49 cms.
F.C.B. Cadell, The Artist’s Drawing Room (1912), Private Collection. Oil on canvas, 63.5 x 76 cms.
Cadell acquired his stylish studio in George Street, Edinburgh, in 1909. Among Cadell’s key interests were elegant interior scenes, a medium through which he could express his taste for fine objects. Scenes such as this are redolent of J. M. W. Turner’s impressionistic interior scenes executed at Petworth House in the 1820s. Vibrant colours are counterpointed against a pale white and mauve colour scheme and polished black floor, recalling the palette and general effect of similar scenes by J. M. Whistler and Sir John Lavery.
F.C.B. Cadell, Afternoon (1913), Private Collection. Oil on canvas, 102 x 127 cms.
Literature: Hewlett, Tom, 'F.C.B. Cadell', Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2011, plate 171
Long, Philip, 'The Scottish Colourists, 1900-1930', National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2000, plate 57
Scenes of elegant interiors peopled with nonchalant and fashionable women are numerous in Cadell’s output. Suggestive of the society portraiture of artists such as like John Singer Sargent, such paintings betray the artist’s interest in the qualities of harmonious colour and diffuse light in a way explored extensively by Whistler.
F.C.B. Cadell, The Poet (c.1912), Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Oil on canvas, 87 x 112 cms.
Literature: Hewlett, Tom, 'F.C.B. Cadell', Lund Humphries, 2011, plate 40
The poet depicted is Norman (Herman) Macdonald, brother of the Scottish artist William Macdonald (1883–1960). This painting was Cadell's diploma work for the RSA.
S.J. Peploe, Girl on a Sofa, Private Collection. Pastel on paper, 37 x 49 cms.
F.C.B. Cadell, The Artist’s Drawing Room (1912), Private Collection. Oil on canvas, 63.5 x 76 cms.
Cadell acquired his stylish studio in George Street, Edinburgh, in 1909. Among Cadell’s key interests were elegant interior scenes, a medium through which he could express his taste for fine objects. Scenes such as this are redolent of J. M. W. Turner’s impressionistic interior scenes executed at Petworth House in the 1820s. Vibrant colours are counterpointed against a pale white and mauve colour scheme and polished black floor, recalling the palette and general effect of similar scenes by J. M. Whistler and Sir John Lavery.