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Paul Cadmus (1904
- 1999)
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Companions : A Triography of George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus,
Lincoln Kirstein, and Their Circle by David Leddick
A
look at the important and closely-knit artistic circle, made up of
George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus and Lincoln Kirstein, that existed
from the late 1920s to the early 1950s, discusses the influence
the group had on the art world. "David
Leddick's look at the mostly homosexual art world of New york in
the early part of the 20th century is an absolute pleasure to
read. As a Gen-X gay man, I find myself very curious about the
history of my culture. Obviously these stories aren't usually
passed down from parent to child. Mr. Leddick's use of a fictional
cocktail party to introduce each decade sets just the right fun
gossipy tone and helps the reader to imbibe the ensuing
biographical information like it was a well mixed martini. Cheers
to Mr. Leddick!" -- David Sexton
 Collaboration
: The Photographs of Paul Cadmus, Margaret French and Jared French
by
Paul Cadmus, Margaret French, Jared French (Photographer)
Beginning
in 1937 and continuing for more than a decade, three American
painters vacationed together on the beaches of  Fire
Island and Provincetown. With a shared camera, they photographed
themselves and their friends against the vast, empty beaches of
the Atlantic. These arrangements would often be adapted for use in
their paintings, several of which are reproduced here. These small
photographs are revealing in their beautiful compositions, and
provide insights as to how these painters interpreted their visual
richness for their painting.
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Paul Cadmus (1904- 1999)
ARTIST
The child of artist parents,
Cadmus left high school when he was just 15 to study art at the
National Academy of Design. After graduating from the academy with
honors in 1926 he worked in advertising. In 1931 Cadmus and friend
Jared French left the United States and traveled to Europe where
they settled in a Majorcan fishing village. It was at this time
that French prodded Cadmus to sketch and paint in the style of the
old masters, but by the time they returned to the U.S. in 1933
Cadmus had developed his own unique style of sensuous realism.
In 1934, Cadmus achieved
national notoriety when his painting The Fleet’s In!, a
commissioned work for the Public Works of Art Project, was pulled
from a Corcoran Gallery exhibit for “defaming” U.S. sailors.
Typical of his work in the 1930s, the work featured several
muscular men in various stages of drunkenness being courted by
several feral women and, off to the side, an overly groomed man in
a tell-tale red tie. Like the artist Charles Demuth, Cadmus
portrayed the ways gay men found sex before there were established
places at which to cruise. Cadmus, clearly, displayed these works
to the public. Demuth did not.
Cadmus’s homoeroticism
is even more prominent in his works following World War II which
included The Bath and What I Believe. His later work
also featured several paintings and drawings of his model and
lover, cabaret singer Jon Andersson including 1986’s The
Haircut.
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Excerpt:
When the topic of government censorship of art
is discussed, frequently the story of the painting by Works
Progress Administration (WPA) artist Paul Cadmus entitled
"The Fleet's In!" is told. The fact that it was removed
from an exhibit of WPA art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1934
is well known, but what happened to it afterwards is not. The
following chronology is intended to provide background on this
painting's very significant place in American art history...
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From Art in Context
Includes information on Galleries, Museums,
Dealers, recent exhibitions, and includes some images.
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From
artcyclopedia.com
Excerpt:
Magic Realism is an American style of art with Surrealist
overtones. The art is deeply rooted in everyday reality, but has
overtones of fantasy or wonder. The term was later also applied to
the literary works of authors such as Jorge Luis Borges and
Gabriel García Márquez.
Artists most commonly associated with the style are Paul
Cadmus, Philip
Evergood, Ivan
Albright, and George
Tooker. Andrew
Wyeth is sometimes associated with this group, due to the
slightly mysterious nature of his work...
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