Portrait of a Lady in Black
About this artwork
The sitter in this painting is Bethia Hamilton Don Wauchope (1854 - 1944), an Edinburgh model who posed regularly for Cadell from about 1911 to 1926. The distinctive mauve-coloured walls indicate that the portrait was painted in the artist's studio in Ainslie Place, Edinburgh, where the artist lived from 1920. After the First World War, Cadell abandoned his feathery impressionistic manner for this style, using bold colours and scarcely-visible brushstrokes. Cadell often included the names of colours in the titles of his paintings. This practice had been made popular by Whistler and became fashionable during the Edwardian period.
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artist:Francis Campbell Boileau CadellScottish (1883 - 1937)
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title:Portrait of a Lady in Black
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date created:About 1921
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:76.30 x 63.50 cm; Framed: 96.20 x 83.50 x 9.30 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by Mr and Mrs G.D. Robinson through the Art Fund 1988
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accession number:GMA 3350
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Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell
Cadell studied in Paris and lived in Munich before settling in his native Edinburgh around 1909. Cadell's pre-war work is influenced by the Impressionists. From around 1920, his work became brighter and bolder. Shadows were suppressed to such an extent that the paintings of this period are...