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on 12 April 1883 in Edinburgh, Cadell's early aptitude
for art prompted a particular interest in his career
from his family. In 1899, aged sixteen, he left
Edinburgh to study in Paris, chaperoned by his mother,
who was of French extraction (her maiden name was
Boileau). There, Cadell alternated between studying
at the Académie Julian and painting watercolours
and oils out-of-doors, and in his first year he
had a watercolour accepted by the Salon. In 1909,
following the death of his father, Cadell was able
to establish himself in a studio in Edinburgh. In
1910 he was in Venice, an experience which freed
his technique in the same way that landscape painting
had relaxed Peploe and Fergusson. Cadell worked
in a succession of studios in Edinburgh's fashionable
Georgian New Town, and their stylishly decorated
interiors feature prominently in his paintings.
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| He became a popular
figure in Edinburgh society, known widely for his
flamboyant dress; of the four Colourists, Cadell's
art has most often been described in terms of the
artist's rich character. Cadell's earlier work,
produced before the First World War, owes a greater
debt to the art of Manet and the Impressionists,
and this was recognised in contemporary reviews
of Cadell's painting, where he was referred to as
a 'young impressionist'. Cadell spent much of the
war in the trenches in France, serving as a private
in the Royal Scots Guards before taking a commission
as a second lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders in 1918.After this period, his style
changed to a more clearly defined technique based
on precise, flat brushwork. The strident colours
and bold, angular rhythms give them an unmistakable
air of the jazz-age of the 1920s. The sharp dissonance
of colour that characterises his studio paintings
of this time differs considerably from the cool
tonalities of his contemporary work produced on
Iona. In 1935 he was elected to the RSSW and in
1936 he was elected an RSA. Cadell died in Edinburgh
on 6 December 1937. |
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