About this artwork
This is one of Cadell's largest paintings. The style is influenced by the broad brushstrokes of the Impressionists. The use of the mirror was a common artistic device, enabling an artist to show both the front and back views of a model in a single picture. Until the creation of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 1959, the National Galleries of Scotland would not purchase work by living artists or even those who had been dead for less than ten years. This painting was bought immediately after Cadell's ten-year period in 'purgatory' had elapsed.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Francis Campbell Boileau CadellScottish (1883 - 1937)
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title:The Model
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date created:About 1912
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:127.20 x 101.60 cm; Framed: 144.20 x 119.70 x 6.60 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1947
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accession number:GMA 3
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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...
