Henry Newell Cady

American (1849-1935)

Henry Newell Cady was not only an avid marine painter but also an illustrator, photo-engraver, author, and composer. Born in Warren, Rhode Island in 1849, Cady attended Brown University, studied art at the National Academy of Design, and was a member of the Providence Art Club. During his career, he displayed his work at numerous prestigious venues including the National Academy of Design in 1873, the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art from 1893-1894, the Art Institute of Chicago from 1895-1896 and in 1899, the St. Louis Exposition in 1904, and the Exposition of American Artists in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Cady was an illustrator for several national magazines, as well as being a published author. He wrote One Week Afloat and Down the Bay under the penname of Wallace P. Stanley and worked with his wife on their publication, The American Continent Before Columbus. Cady died in the town where he was born in 1935.  Cady’s work was included in a retrospective at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence Italy in 1985, and the Bert Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island held a solo retrospective of Cady’s work in 1996. Numerous collections house Cady’s paintings, including that of his alma mater, Brown University.

Cady preferred to work in oils, and his favorite subject was the New England coastline.