Paul Cadmus

Paul Cadmus was an American artist widely 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.

Works in Collection

40 works

A Girl (Lorna?). Costume design for the ballet Filling St...

Paul Cadmus

1937

Costume design for the ballet Filling Station

Paul Cadmus

1937

Feathers, Shells, and Bones

Paul Cadmus

1946

Four Women's Hats. Costume design for the ballet Filling ...

Paul Cadmus

1937

Francis Burton Harrison III, Saint Luke's Place, New York

Paul Cadmus

1943

Glenway Wescott

Paul Cadmus

1943

Gluttony

Paul Cadmus

1949

Jane. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station

Paul Cadmus

1937

Katherine Anne Porter

Paul Cadmus

1942

Mac, the Filling Station Attendant. Costume design for th...

Paul Cadmus

1937

Mac, the Filling Station Attendant. Costume design for th...

Paul Cadmus

1937

Man and Woman. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station

Paul Cadmus

1937

Man's Costume - State Trooper. Costume design for the bal...

Paul Cadmus

1937

Man's Costume- State Trooper. Costume design for the ball...

Paul Cadmus

1937

Margaret French, Fire Island

Paul Cadmus

c. 1939

Margaret French, Paul Cadmus, Provincetown

Paul Cadmus

c. 1945

Monroe Wheeler

Paul Cadmus

1943

Plate 1 from Ballet Positions. Drawing for Ballet Alphabe...

Paul Cadmus

1939

Plate 2 from Ballet Positions. Drawing for Ballet Alphabe...

Paul Cadmus

1939

Plate 3 from Ballet Positions. Drawing for Ballet Alphabe...

Paul Cadmus

1939

Plate 4 from Ballet Positions. Drawing for Ballet Alphabe...

Paul Cadmus

1939

Poster design for American Ballet

Paul Cadmus

c. 1941

Ray. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station

Paul Cadmus

1937

Ray. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station

Paul Cadmus

1937

Exhibitions

20 exhibitions

May 24, 1938 – Jul 31, 1938

Three Centuries of American Art

247 artists · 7 curators

May 10, 1939 – Sep 30, 1939

Painting, Sculpture, Prints

154 artists

Apr 03, 1940 – Apr 28, 1940

Four American Traveling Exhibitions

54 artists · 1 curator

Dec 09, 1942 – Jan 24, 1943

Twentieth Century Portraits

159 artists · 1 curator

Feb 10, 1943 – Mar 21, 1943

Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists

42 artists · 2 curators

Feb 16, 1944 – May 10, 1944

Modern Drawings

120 artists · 3 curators

May 24, 1944 – Sep 17, 1944

Dance and Theatre Design

46 artists

Dec 23, 1948 – Mar 13, 1949

American Paintings from the Museum Collection

115 artists · 1 curator

Sep 08, 1954 – Nov 28, 1954

American Prints of the 20th Century

111 artists · 1 curator

Apr 02, 1959 – May 31, 1959

American Acquisitions: Recent Additions of Prints to the Museum Collection

36 artists · 1 curator

May 04, 1960 – Sep 18, 1960

Portraits from the Museum Collection

92 artists · 1 curator

Mar 22, 1968 – Jul 01, 1968

Manhattan Observed

37 artists · 2 curators

Dec 24, 1969 – Mar 01, 1970

American Drawings and Watercolors: A Selection from the Collection

40 artists · 1 curator

Nov 19, 1973 – Jan 13, 1974

Painters for the Theatre: An Invitation to the Theatre Arts Collection

30 artists · 1 curator

Dec 03, 1974 – Mar 03, 1975

American Prints: 1913–1963

84 artists · 2 curators

Apr 28, 1978 – Jul 04, 1978

A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

89 artists · 1 curator

Jul 10, 1978 – Oct 03, 1978

Artists and Writers

62 artists · 1 curator

Aug 20, 1981 – Oct 06, 1981

Words and Pictures

49 artists · 1 curator

Dec 18, 1985 – May 20, 1986

American Prints: 1900–1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

98 artists · 1 curator

Jul 14, 1989 – Nov 01, 1989

Painters for the Theater

51 artists · 1 curator