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(after) Paul Cadmus
Louis Gartner Petit Point Needlework Tapestry after Paul Cadmus THE INVENTOR

1960

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Provenance: The Estate of Louis J. Gartner Jr., Palm Beach, Florida. After the 1946 Paul Cadmus painting titled The Inventor, the needlework completely done in very fine petit point stitchery, with gray border banding around, initialed and dated '60 lower right corner, signed Cadmus. framed in a stained wooden barn siding frame- an amazing piece of needlework. Dimensions: needlework: 25.25 x 21.5 in., framed: 27 x 30.75 in. Louis Gartner born 1925, in Union City, N.J., graduated from Cornell University. he moved to New York and worked as an assistant to photographer Irving Penn and then for Vogue magazine, where he honed his innate design skills.He was a special projects editor and creative crafts editor of House and Garden magazine. In 1971, Mr. Gartner became a full-time resident of Palm Beach, where he worked as a professional designer in partnership with Countess Margaret Willaumez at their store on Worth Avenue. He was an expert in needlepoint, and was the author of two books on the subject — Needlepoint Design and its sequel, More Needlepoint Design, published by William Morrow. He operated needlepoint shops in Palm Beach and in New York, at Bloomingdale’s and at Bergdorf Goodman. He joined Sotheby’s auction house as a decorative arts consultant in the 1980s, and presented its annual lecture series at the Flagler Museum. Paul Cadmus (December 17, 1904 – December 12, 1999) was an American artist. He is best known for his egg tempera paintings of gritty social interactions in urban settings. He also produced many highly finished drawings of single nude male figures. His paintings combine elements of eroticism and social critique in a style often called magic realism'. Cadmus left school to attend the National Academy of Design for 6 years. He then enrolled at the Art Students League of New York in 1928 taking life-drawing lessons while working as a commercial illustrator at a New York advertising agency. Cadmus was one of the first artists to be employed by The New Deal (WPA/FSA) art programs, painting murals at post offices. In 1979, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an associate member and became a full member in 1980. Cadmus, considered to be a master draftsman, was interested in the Italian Renaissance artists, particularly Signorelli and Mantegna, the so-called "masters of muscle." He was also influenced by Reginald Marsh, an American scene painter. Cadmus combined the elements of Signorelli and Mantegna along with Marsh to depict the street life of New York City. He was transfixed by the human body, both the ideal and the repulsive. His ideal was a stylized gay erotic version of the male body. He found the grotesque everywhere from Greenwich Village cafes, subway stations, the beach at Coney Island to American tourists in an Italian piazza. His art is a form of satire and caricature of his subjects that has been compared to fellow artists George Grosz and Otto Dix. Cadmus was also close friends with many illustrious artists, authors, and dancers including: George Tooker, Christopher Isherwood, W. H. Auden, George Balanchine, George Platt Lynes, George Tooker, Lincoln Kirstein (his brother-in-law), and E. M. Forster, who was said to have read his novel Maurice aloud while Cadmus painted his portrait. Exhibitions: Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC, 1935 Midtown Galleries, New York, 1937 Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 1942 William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT, 1982 Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, 1982 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1996 D.C. Moore Gallery, New York, 1996
  • Creator:
    (after) Paul Cadmus
  • Creation Year:
    1960
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 27 in (68.58 cm)Width: 30.75 in (78.11 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    minor wear to frame.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU3822558671
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