biography of Foster CADDELL (1921-2013)

Birth place: Pawtucket, RI

Addresses: Voluntown, CT

Profession: Painter, instructor

Studied: RISD; pvt. study with Peter Helck, Robert Brackman & Guy Wiggins of Nat. Acad.

Exhibited: Providence Art Club Ann., 1964-; Academic Artists of America, Springfield Mus. Fine Arts, 1971; Am. WC Soc. Ann., Nat. Acad. Galleries, 1971; Am. Artists Prof. League Grand Nat., 1972. Awards: Ward Mem. Award for painting, Acad. Artists Am., 1968; first hon. men., Am Artists Prof. League Grand Nat., 1971; Windsor-Newton Award, Am. Artists Prof. League Grand Nat., 1972.

Member: Providence AC; Am. Artists Prof. League; Acad. Artists Am.; SC.

Work: Commissions: Off. portrait, Sen. Thomas J. Dodd of Conn., Wash., DC & Judge L.P. Moore, US Circuit Ct. Appeals, Second Dist., New York; Dr. George S. Avery, dir., Brooklyn Bot. Gardens, NY; Carl Cuttler, founder, Marine Hist. Assn. Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Conn.; relig. paintings for many denominations incl. Church of England; portraits of many bus. & civic leaders.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, pastels. Positions: lithograph artist, Providence Lithograph Co., 1939-1952; artist with Far East Air Force, 1943-1946. Teaching: pvt. classes, Southern New Eng., 1960-. Publications: illus., educ. bks., Ginn & Co., 1953-1968; illus., series sports bks., Little, Brown & Co.; also relig. illus. for most Protestant denominations educ. & instrnl. bks. & mat.

Sources: WW73; Norman Kent, Foster Caddell-Artist & Teacher," Am Artist Mag (Dec., 1968)."