Paul Cadmus: artist-humanist. From: Free Inquiry | Date: June 22, 1996| Author: Smith, Warren Allen | COPYRIGHT 1996 Council for Democratic and Secular Humanism, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Artist Paul Cadmus is considered to be one of the most prominent figurative artists in the US. He uses egg tempera for highly realistic renderings of human spirituality and his figures have been compared to those of Michelangelo. Cadmus admits that he has been subjected to censorship by a public that misunderstands his imagery. However, his humanistic approach to representation has also drawn the admiration of people such as writer E.M. Forster.

Paul Cadmus is the egg-tempera man. If ...