About this artwork
This drawing was one of a collection of fifty-one works by Cadell that were passed, to his sister, the actress Jean Cadell, after his death. She gave the group to Denis Peploe, the son of fellow Scottish Colourist, S. J. Peploe, who assisted with the clearance of her brother’s studio. All fifty-one works are now in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Francis Campbell Boileau CadellScottish (1883 - 1937)
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title:Self Portrait
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Black chalk on paper
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measurements:56.00 x 38.50 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1994
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accession number:GMA 3790
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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...
