About this artwork
In this ink and watercolour sketch, Cadell has captured the essence of the scene with an economy of line and colour. The drawing depicts a dashing soldier chatting to a girl. The artist has specified that the girl is a ‘flapper’, a term used in the 1920s to describe a particular type of liberated young woman. Cadell joined the Royal Scots in 1915 and this is one of a series of drawings of army life he produced before leaving for service in France. The drawings were published in 1916 in the book ‘Jack and Tommy’, and sold to benefit the Red Cross. Their clean lines and flat colours anticipate Cadell’s painting style of the 1920s.
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artist:Francis Campbell Boileau CadellScottish (1883 - 1937)
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title:Tommy and the Flapper
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date created:1915
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materials:Ink and watercolour on card
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measurements:43.10 x 34.30 cm (mounted: 63.50 x 50.80 cm) (framed: 67.30 x 54.60 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1994
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accession number:GMA 3772
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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...
