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Harrison Cady

Harrison Cady (1877 - 1970) was active/lived in New York, Massachusetts.  Harrison Cady is known for Illustration, cartoons, landscape painting, etching.

Harrison Cady was a noted illustrator, born in Gardner, Massachusetts and best known for his works in Bedtime Stories, a daily-newspaper created by book and magazine writer Thornton W. Burgess.  Burgess conceived the character of Peter Rabbit (not to be confused with Beatrix Potters creation of the same name), and each of these Bedtime Stories was illustrated with a drawing by Cady, who had illustrated some of Burgess magazine stories as early as 1911.

Cady started his art career in the last years of the nineteenth century. He was better noted at the time for his work in books and magazines and for his gag cartoons.  He also did work as a comic-strip artist, having begun working in that field for the Philadelphia Press starting in 1905.  His first Peter Rabbit newspaper comic feature page appeared on Sunday, August 15, 1920, in the Tribune, and was later distributed nationally by the New York Herald-Tribune Syndicate.  De   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9118 characters.]  Artist bio

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Research resources

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Harrison Cady


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Animals, Mammals
  • Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
  • Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Humor, Whimsy
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Nude Figure, Nudity
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Seascapes, Seasides
  • Townscape, Village Scenes
  • Urban Landscape, Cityscape
  • Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Rockport, Massachusetts
Art Association
  • American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
  • Audubon Society of Artists-
  • North Shore Art Association, Gloucester-
  • Rockport Art Association-
  • Salmagundi Club, New York City
  • Society of American Etchers/Brooklyn Society of Etchers
  • Society of Illustrators-
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • Bakkom Photo Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota (2)
Added Description
  • Cartoon Specialty
  • GOOD HOUSEKEEPING magazine, Illustrator or Photographer
  • Illustration Specialty
  • LIFE Magazine Illustrator, Photographer
  • Printmaking Specialty
  • SATURDAY EVENING POST Illustrator and/or Photographer
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • MacBeth Gallery, New York City
  • Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Allied Artists of America
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • North Shore Art Association, Gloucester
  • Rockport Art Association
  • Salmagundi Club, New York City-
  • Society of Illustrators
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Smithsonian Institution/Museums

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