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<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2"> <b>W. HARRISON CADY</b> (1877-1970), was
"a man who saw things that were not there" said editor and owner of the
old <i>Life Magazine</i>, John Ames, about this successful illustrator
who depicted nature with great fidelity and imagination. Fantasy and friendly
animals living in ethereal magical worlds became Cady's trademark and
thus prompted his work on hundreds of book and newspaper pages, <i>Old
Mother West Wind</i> and <i>Peter Rabbit</i> by Thornton W. Burgess in
particular.<BR>
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Incredibly detailed crosshatching and shading technique mold realism in
Cady's fantastic world. Having received no formal art training, Walter
Harrison Cady was introduced to art through an informal apprenticeship
with a local painter, Parker Perkins, in his hometown of Gardner Massachusetts.
On long hiking trips Cady learned to observe nature and depicted his subjects
with that educated eye. Cady's practical art education came as a newspaper
artist with the intense on the spot deadline training required by the
trade at the turn of the century.<BR>
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Cady was very prolific, illustrating for over 70 years for publications
such as <i>St. Nicholas, Saturday Evening Post, Ladie's Home Journal,
Good Housekeeping</i> and the<i> Herald Tribune Syndicate.</i> From personal
and unfettered editorial commentary to depictions of fantasy forest worlds,
Harrison Cady's work naturally typifies a distinctly American sensibility.
-A.S.M.<BR>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>[Comic book cover: <I>Peter
Rabbit Comics,</I>#2 (Tendler Comics), 1948;<BR>
pen & ink, 15.5 x 11.5", not signed.]</B></font>
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