Paul Cadmus
Paul Cadmus
1904 - 1999
American painter. Cadmus studied in New York at the National Academy of Design (1919–26) and at the Art Students League (1928). With the painter Jared French (1905–88) he travelled in Italy from 1931 to 1933. His deep admiration for Italian Renaissance painting, for skilled draughtsmanship and classical composition led him to learn the technique of egg tempera, which he often combined with oil. His social concerns informed his often critical view of contemporary life as in Sailors and Floosies (1938; New York, Whitney). Sexually ambiguous themes, which were often satirical and affectionate, pervade works such as Bar Italia (1952–5; Washington, DC, N. Mus. Amer. A.). [Emmanuel Cooper. "Cadmus, Paul." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, accessed September 4, 2014, http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T012944.]
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