Brief Biography-Francis Cadell from Edinburgh studied at the Académie Julian in Paris. Henri Matisse and the Fauvist movement strongly influenced him. When he returned to Scotland, he helped form a group with other Scottish artists known as the Scottish Colourist painters. Their work became famous internationally as a mixture of impressionism and fauvism.
When Francis was not painting in his hometown of Edinburgh, he paid regular trips to the island of Iona, which features many of his paintings. His exhibitions were in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and London. Sadly, he had little success selling his paintings in his later life, and he died a poor man.