Walter Harrison Cady (American, 1877-1970), In the Yellow Mountains, North Carolina

Oil on canvas, 1933, signed and dated at lower left, presented in a giltwood frame.

Stretcher size 20 1/4 x 24 in.; Frame dimensions 26 7/8 x 30 1/2 in.

From the Collection of Mr. Jonathan P. Alcott, Raleigh, North Carolina

Harrison Cady was a successful illustrator, known primarily for his depictions of Peter Rabbit. In 1925 he turned his attention to oil painting. He exhibited landscapes and maritime scenes at the National Academy of Design in New York, had solo exhibitions at the Macbeth Gallery, showed at the New York World's Fair in 1939, and at Kennedy and Company until 1949.

From the late 1920s through the 1950s Cady sought out picturesque scenery that "seemed on the verge of being swept away by modernity." He recorded the faded elegance of such historic sites as Beaufort and Charleston, South Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; and New Orleans. He was also attracted to mountain scenery, making frequent trips to North Carolina, West Virginia, and Virginia, especially during the 1930s, where he depicted the Mountain Scenery featured in this work on a trip near Asheville. Cady's Southern art was shown at the Salmagundi Club's Spring Exhibition of 1950. He was given his last one-man show by the Fitchburg Art Museum in 1964.

Patched hole to verso with associated retouching, minor age cracking.