The Green Bottle
About this artwork
Cadell often used the ‘picture within a picture’ device in his paintings. This allowed him to play with the geometric form of the picture frame and indulge his interest in two-dimensional surface pattern. Here, the composition is formally divided by five horizontal panels. This, combined with the fruit in the foreground, which echoes the fruit in the picture, creates a lively composition, with the focal point resting on the decorated Wiener Werkstätte designed glass on the table.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Francis Campbell Boileau CadellScottish (1883 - 1937)
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title:The Green Bottle
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date created:Mid 1920s
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:50.00 x 44.50 cm; Framed: 72.30 x 57.00 x 7.20 cm
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credit line:Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Galleries of Scotland, 2008
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accession number:GMA 5005
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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...
