Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, RSA RSW,  Old Houses, Inverkeithing;

Lot description

Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, RSA RSW, Scottish 1883-1937 - Old Houses, Inverkeithing; pencil and watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower right 'F.C.B. Cadell / 1902', bears old label inscribed attached to the reverse of the backing board 'Old Houses, Inverkeithing / £8 [?] 8 / F.C.B. Cadell / 22 Ainslie Pl', 34.4 x 24.3 cm Provenance: with Doig, Wilson, & Wheatley, Edinburgh (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame); private collection Note: Cadell was one of the four central members of the Scottish Colourist group, along with Samuel Peploe (1871-1935), John Duncan Fergusson (1874-1961), and Leslie Hunter (1877-1931). He was best-known for his evocative, colourful depictions of the Scottish landscape, particularly the blue seas from the coasts of Iona, and his city views, including the present watercolour which depicts the historic town of Inverkeithing in Fife, nearly 10 miles northwest of Edinburgh. The first solo exhibition of Cadell's work was put on at Doig, Wilson, & Wheatley, Edinburgh, in 1908.