With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Paul Cadmus
Illustration, Painting/Drawing
1904 – 1999
- Biography/Description of Work
Cadmus was a social realist painter who became infamous in the 1930s with a series of controversial paintings showing the seedy side of life. He studied at the National Academy of Design starting in 1919, and took life-drawing classes at the Art Students League in 1928, when he also began to work as an illustrator for an advertising agency. During the New Deal era, he painted several post office murals, although none in Connecticut. He painted primarily in egg tempera, a time-consuming technique. His brother-in-law (married to Fidelma Cadmus) was the great impresario Lincoln Kirstein. Both lived in Weston.
- Sources view
- Uconn database, Bob Gregson, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cadmus, http://www.queer-arts.org/archive/9809/cadmus/cadmus.html, http://whitney.org/Collection/PaulCadmus, http://www.dcmooregallery.com/artists/paul-cadmus, http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=3619, http://www.tendreams.org/cadmus.htm, http://www.dcmooregallery.com/artists/paul-cadmus/biography/2, http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-paul-cadmus-12619, http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/paul_cadmus.shtml, http://books.google.com/books?id=6fnE3W-LF9sC&pg=PA279&lpg=PA279&dq=paul+cadmus+residence+weston+ct&source=bl&ots=wLeER-BStT&sig=WtI4FHs9_YOLzbBCCuU64XImImg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IwkWU72EDo7qkAeinYGYDA&ved=0CFkQ6AEwDA#v=onepage&q=paul%20cadmus%20residence%20weston%20ct&f=false Paul Cadmus Article - New York Times - 1982-4-4, Paul Cadmus Article - New York Times - 1982-6-13, Paul Cadmus Article - New York Times - 1986-5-16, Paul Cadmus Article - New York Times - 1993-3-5, https://americanart.si.edu/artist/paul-cadmus-704
- Associated Resource(s)
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