Black & blue

These are two framed posters of paintings by the Scottish Colourist F C B Cadell, which hang in my kitchen. Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (April 12, 1883 – December 6, 1937) was born in Edinburgh. His work including these two, depicted interiors of Edinburgh New Town flats, Iona, and of glamorous women. Although Cadell's work now fetches substantial sums, (hundreds of thousands of pounds), the economic downturn of the late Twenties made sales of his pictures difficult, and he died in penury.