Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell
Still Life (The Grey Fan)
About this artwork
Cadell employed a limited stock of objects in his still lifes with the fan and the ceramics seen here reappearing in several other works. The painting is undated, but the steeply banked perspective and decorative sense of pattern are typical of his work of the early 1920s. Cadell painted a series of colourful still lifes, which caused some controversy when first exhibited.
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artist:Francis Campbell Boileau CadellScottish (1883 - 1937)
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title:Still Life (The Grey Fan)
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date created:About 1920 - 1925
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:66.00 x 49.30 cm; Framed: 71.90 x 55.40 x 6.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1974
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accession number:GMA 1311
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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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...
