Francis Cadell (artist)

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For the European explorer of Australia, see Francis Cadell (explorer).

The Vase of Water, 1922

Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937) was a Scottish painter associated with the Scottish Colourists.

Cadell was born in Edinburgh and, from the age of 16, studied in Paris at the Académie Julian where he was in contact with the French avant-garde of the day. While in France, his exposure to work by the early Fauvists, and in particular Matisse, proved to be his most lasting influence. After his return to Scotland, he was a regular exhibitor in Edinburgh and Glasgow, as well as in London.

He painted landscapes, interiors, still life and figures in both oil and watercolour, but he is particularly noted for his portraits, depicting his subject with vibrant waves of colour. He enjoyed the landscape of Iona enormously, which he first visited in 1912 and features prominently in his work. During the 1920s he spent several summers with Samuel Peploe, another Scottish Colourist, on painting trips to Iona.