Paul Cadmus

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Paul Cadmus

Paul Cadmus (born December 17, 1904 in New York City , † December 12, 1999 in Weston , Connecticut ) was an American painter .

Live and act

He became known for paintings and drawings of naked male figures. His works combine elements of eroticism and social criticism to achieve a magical realism (known as style) . Cadmus used the difficult egg tempera technique for his paintings . In 1934, Cadmus painted The Fleet's In! while working for the WPA's Public Works of Art Project . This painting, which shows sailors, women, and a gay couple, sparked an outcry among the public and was removed from the Corcoran Gallery of Art exhibitaway. But this public outrage gave his career a leap forward. He lived with his significant other, Jon Anderson, who became the subject of many of his works, for over 35 years. He died in 1999, five days before his 95th birthday, at his home in Weston , Connecticut .

Artistic career (excerpt)

Statements from Cadmus

  • "Gayness is not the raison d'être of my work."
  • "As an unknown artist at the time, I benefited from the censorship controversy - and I am eternally grateful to that offended admiral."

List of works (selection)

  • The Fleet's In! , 1933, Navy Art Gallery, Washington Navy Yard
  • YMCA Locker Room , 1933
  • Shore Leave , 1933
  • Greenwich Village Cafeteria , 1934
  • Coney Island , 1935
  • Aspects of Suburban Life: Main Street , 1935, DC Moore Gallery
  • Aspects of Suburban Life: Golf , 1936, Virtual Museum of Canada
  • Sailors and Floozies , 1938, Whitney Museum of American Art , New York City
  • Pocahontas and John Smith , 1938, Port Washington Post Office
  • Two Boys on a Beach # 1 , 1938, DC Moore Gallery
  • Bathers , 1939
  • Mistress Massacre , 1940
  • Aviator , 1941
  • The Shower , 1943
  • The Seven Deadly Sins , 1945-1949
  • What I Believe , 1947-1948, The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
  • Playground , 1948
  • The Bath , 1951, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
  • Manikins , 1951
  • Bar Italia , 1953-55
  • Night in Bologna , 1958, American Art Museum, Washington, DC
  • Sunday Sun , 1958-1959
  • Male Nude , 1966, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Missouri
  • The Haircut , 1986
  • Final Study for the House that Jack Built , 1987, DC Moore Gallery
  • Me: 1940-1990 , 1990, DC Moore Gallery
  • Jon Reading NM248 , 1992, DC Moore Gallery
  • Jon Extracting a Splinter NM255 , 1993, DC Moore Gallery

Exhibitions

  • Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC, 1935
  • Midtown Galleries, New York, 1937
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1996
  • DC Moore Gallery, New York, 1996

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members: Paul Cadmus. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed February 20, 2019 .
  2. ^ Nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "C" / Cadmus, Paul p. ANA 1979; NA 1980 ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 17, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalacademy.org
  3. ^ Collection.whitney.org: Paul Cadmus: The Bath, 1951 (accessed August 20, 2015)

Biographies

  • Sutherland, David. Paul Cadmus, Enfant Terrible at 80 . Documentary, 1984
  • Kirstein, Lincoln. Paul Cadmus , 1984
  • The Drawings of Paul Cadmus , (introduction by Guy Davenport )

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Cadmus, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1999
Place of death Weston , Connecticut