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An example of work by Emma Jane Cady
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Although her work was discovered in the 1930’s, it was not until 1978,
and the discovery of an inscribed painting, that Emma Jane Cady was
correctly placed in East Chatham, New York. Subsequently a good
deal of information was unearthed about Cady.
Her family migrated from Connecticut to Columbia County, New York, in
the mid-eighteenth century. Her father, Norman J. Cady, was a
farmer, and she herself was remembered by surviving acquaintances to
have loved outdoor work, though census records list her occupation as
“housework.” Cady never married, and after her parents’ deaths,
she moved first to the home of a nephew and then, about 1920, to Grass
Lake, Michigan, where she lived with her sister and her sister’s family
until her death in 1933.
Emma Jane Cady was noted for her theorem* paintings. These were
created with the aid of cut stencils, and Cady’s were remarkable for
their technical control, balanced composition, and clarity. She
created much of her work toward the end of the 19th century when
theorem painting had long passed from favor. But her work
demonstrated that the techniques could still be employed to produce an
enduring result that defied the fleeting nature of popular trends.
Source:
American Folk Art Museum, New York City, New York.
Submitted by Edward P. Bentley, Art Historian, East Lansing, Michigan
*For more in-depth information about these terms and others, see
AskART.com Glossary
http://www.askart.com/AskART/lists/Art_Definition.aspx
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