Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell R.S.A. (1883-1937)

Iona - The Village

細節

Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell R.S.A. (1883-1937)
Iona - The Village
signed 'F C B Cadell' (lower right) and inscribed 'Iona The Village by F C B Cadell/Absorbent ground. Never varnish or roll up if off stretcher/F.C.B. G W Service Esq' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
20 x 30in. (50.5 x 76cm.)
Painted in 1925.

出版

Hewlett,T. Cadell, The Life and Works of a Scottish Colourist, Gorenjski Tisk, Kranj, 1988, illustrated plate 59.

展覽

Possibly exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition, 1925, no.341.

拍品專文

From 1912, Cadell visited Iona almost every summer to escape the pace of Edinburgh, and to enjoy the solitude of the white sands, turquoise seas and ever changing skies of this Hebridean island. The popularity of these paintings with the public resulted in these works providing Cadell with a comfortable income, some of his other paintings seemed unpopular with buyers at the time.

This painting is unusual since instead of recording the wonderful coastal scenery of Iona, Cadell has painted the main community of the island looking from Martyr's Bay towards the cathedral, which was established as the centre of Christian worship following St Columba's arrival on the island from Ireland in AD563.