ARTIST PAUL CADMUS DEAD AT 94.(News)(Obituary)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: December 16, 1999 | Copyright information

Paul Cadmus, an American artist known for his figurative style whose subjects ranged from social satire to male nudes, died Sunday. He was 94.

Cadmus was a meticulous worker who favored the complicated, time-consuming medium of egg tempera.

He averaged two paintings a year, but was more prolific in forms that included drawing, printmaking and photography over his 70-year career.

His narrative subject matter and his almost illustrational style fell...

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