
Edinburgh.- The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is proud to present the first in aseries of exhibitions on the ‘Scottish Colourists”. “The Scottish Colourist Series: F C B Cadell” will be on view at the museum from October 22nd through March 18th 2012. Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883-1937) is one of the four artists popularly known as ‘The Scottish Colourists’ (the others being J. D. Fergusson, G. L. Hunter and S. J. Peploe). He was born in Edinburgh, where he lived for most of his life, and studied in Paris and Munich. Cadell is celebrated for his stylish portrayals of Edinburgh interiors, his vibrantly coloured still lives of the 1920s, and for his evocative landscapes of the west of Scotland and the south of France.This retrospective exhibition includes approximately 70 paintings, from public and private collections.