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Cady Wells

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Cady Wells (1904 - 1954) was active/lived in New Mexico, Massachusetts.  Cady Wells is known for Modernist, abstract landscape and religious figure painting.

Described as a talented young painter who had left his wealthy family in the East to settle in Taos, Cady Wells---also known as Henry Cady Wells, was born and raised in Southbridge, Massachusetts.  He was 20 years old before deciding to become an artist.  As a gay young man, he was sent by his family at age 22 to Mesa, Arizona to the Evans School Ranch for Boys, which, described as the western equivalent of Philips Andover, was designed to give eastern young men a college preparatory education in a western ranch lifestyle environment. 

From there, he studied and traveled widely, pursuing interests in music and the visual arts.   In 1932 he went to New Mexico and almost immediately fell under the influence of Andrew Dasburg, who became his mentor for the next several years.  Portraying the southwestern landscape in watercolor, Wells moved through various modernist idioms.  His early work incorporated gestural, calligraphic lines sugges   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2461 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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.  askART lists Cady Wells in 1 of its research Essays. Cady Wells has 3 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Cady Wells available:    Dorothy Eugenie Brett,  Willard Ayer Nash,  Andrew Dasburg,  Bror Nordfeldt,  Emil Bisttram,  Bert Geer Phillips,  Frank Paul Sauerwein,  Randall Davey,  Leon Gaspard,  Fremont F Ellis,  Nicolai Ivanovich Fechin,  Oscar Berninghaus,  Gunnar Widforss,  Joseph Henry Sharp,  Carl Oscar Borg,  Eanger Irving Couse,  Olaf Carl Wieghorst,  Frank Tenney Johnson,  Edward (John Edward) Borein,  Maynard Dixon,  Conrad Buff,  Orrin Augustine White,  Clyde (Victor Clyde) Forsythe,  Millard Sheets



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Facts about Cady Wells

   Publications  Book References:  47
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Cady Wells
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review The Art of Cady Wells from 1933 to 1954 February 2011 Rudnick, Lois P. Yes
Art & Antiques Creative Peaks June 2004 Koster, Michael Yes
American Art Review Modernists in Taos December 2002 Witt, David L. Yes
47 Book References for Cady Wells
Year Author Title Pages Color
2012 Lewandowski, Stacia Light, Landscape and the Creative Quest: Early Artists of Santa Fe 272 Yes
2009 Rudnick, Lois P. (editor) Cady Wells and Southwestern Modernism 159 Yes
2006 Ganz, Earl The Taos Truth Game 0 Yes
2006 Udall, Sharyn R; Julie Schimmel (Introduction) Santa Fe Art Colony: Gerald Peters Gallery
(Exhibition catalog)		 127 Yes
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Witt, David L. Modernists in Taos: From Dasburg to Martin 208 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Porter, Dean; Teresa Ebie Taos Artists and Their Patrons, 1898-1950 400 Yes
1997 Ellis, Robert M. (Director) Harwood Museum: Collection Handbook 48 Yes
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1996 Shipp, Steve American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists 159 No
1995 Flynn, Kathryn A Treasures on New Mexico Trails Discover New Deal Art and Architecture 320 Yes
1992 Museum of Fine Arts Artists of 20th Century New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts Collection 167 Yes
1992 Witt, David Taos Moderns Art of the New 120 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1989 Fahlman, Betsy American Modernism 80 Yes
1989 Gerald Peters Gallery Modernist Themes in New Mexico Works by Early Modernist Painters
(Exhibition catalog)		 56 Yes
1987 Strickler, Susan (editor) American Traditions in Watercolor Worcester Art Museum Collection 232 Yes
1987 Udall, Sharyn R. Santa Fe Art Colony 1900-1942
(Exhibition catalog)		 99 Yes
1986 Eldredge, Charles/J Schimmel Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945 Paths to Taos and Santa Fe 218 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Broder, Patricia Janis The American West The Modern Vision 345 Yes
1984 Orr-Cahill, Christina The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum 199 Yes
1984 Udall, Sharyn R Modernist Painting in New Mexico 1913-1935 237 Yes
1984 Witt, David L The Taos Artists A Historical and Biographical Dictionary 63 No
1982 Trenton, Patricia The West as Art Western Art in Calfornia Collections
(Exhibition catalog)		 197 Yes
1981 Lane, John R.; Michael Botwinick (Foreward) The Edith and Milton Lowenthal Collection The Brooklyn Museum 60 Yes
1981 Museum of Fine Arts Light & Color Images from New Mexico 94 Yes
1981 Newark Museum American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 431 Yes
1980 Nelson, Mary Carroll The Legendary Artists of Taos 176 Yes
1977 Harmsen, Dorothy; Bill Harmsen (Foreward) American Western Art: The Harmsen Collection 256 Yes
1976 Robertson, Edna/Sarah Nestor Artists of the Canyons and Caminos, Santa Fe, the Early Years 182 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1976 School of American Research Representative Art and Artists of New Mexico
(Exhibition catalog)		 41 No
1975 Santa Fe Festival of the Arts Santa Fe Collects
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1974 Denver Art Museum Picturesque Images from Taos and Santa Fe
(Exhibition catalog)		 215 Yes
1974 New Mexico, Museum of Fine Art Handbook of the Collections Museum of Fine Arts 192 Yes
1974 Schriever, George; Dean Krakel (Intro) American Masters in the West Selections from the Anschutz Collections
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1972 Amon Carter Museum Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Catalogue of the Collection 1972 600 No
1963 Coke, Van Deren Taos and Santa Fe The Artists Environment 1882-1942 168 Yes
1955 Hayes, Bartlett H Jr The Naked Truth and Personal Vision The Length of the Artistic Road (Addison Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)		 112 Yes
1947 Luhan, Mabel Dodge Taos and Its Artists 168 No
1944 The Art Institute of Chicago The Fifty-fifth Annual American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings
(Exhibition catalog)		 22 No
1943 Soby, James Thrall/D C Miller Romantic Painting in America
(Exhibition catalog)		 144 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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