Wendy Wood, 1892 - 1981. Scottish Nationalist
About this artwork
A founder member of the National Party of Scotland, later the Scottish Nationalist Party, Wendy Wood campaigned for the cause of an independent Scotland for over half a century. She was also a practising artist who had trained with Walter Sickert and she regularly sent work to the Royal Scottish Academy. Wood was a close friend of St John Caddell with whom she shared a studio in Edinburgh. When this portrait was exhibited in 1959, it had the alternative title 'The Patriot'.
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artist:Florence St. John Cadell (1877 - 1966) Scottish
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title:Wendy Wood, 1892 - 1981. Scottish Nationalist
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date created:1959
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:91.40 x 71.20 cm; Framed: 109.00 x 89.00 x 5.50 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1985
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accession number:PG 2673
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Florence St. John Cadell
Florence St. John Cadell
Born in Australia, Cadell was a cousin of the Scottish Colourist FCB Cadell. The family moved back to Edinburgh and, in the 1930s, she and her sister, Agnes, also a painter, built Whinmill Brae House, on the Water of Leith, which they designed around a large studio. She exhibited regularly at the...
