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(en bas de page se trouve un court résumé en français)

 

The Cadillac name and automobile have inspired many an artist, both amateur and professional.  By artist I mean painter, photographer, sculptor, musician, etc. The significance of the name and the quality of the automobile that bears it have inspired also many manufacturers to so name their own products. These have ranged from boats, to cigars and household appliances.  I will display some of the better drawings, paintings, photos, sculptures and other miscellaneous artifacts bearing the Cadillac name that I have come across in over 45 years of collecting Cadillac memorabilia.

The topic is so vast that I have had to split this section into the following, general sub-categories (further ones may be created in due course, as requirements dictate): 

1.  Cadillac paintings of all kinds comprise the main section [this page].  The provenance of some of the images is not known so, if you happen to recognize any of them, please help me identify the artist and I will give him due credit for his work. I have included some works by Cadillac's own artists and designers, although the accent here will be on artwork extraneous to the Cadillac organization.

1a.  Cadillac art in black & white  (charcoal sketches, line drawings, cartoons, etc.)

2.  Artistic photos of Cadillac automobiles

3.  Cadillac sculptures and 3-dimensional art [excluding toys and scale models covered here]

4.  Decorative plaques and mirrors carrying a Cadillac theme

5.  Collectible Cadillac "art" cards

6.  Cadillac-inspired  home and office furniture, as well as home fittings

7.  Tableware and glassware inspired by the Cadillac automobile or bearing the Cadillac crest

8.  Cadillac-inspired clothing and fashion items (including jacket patches and belt buckles)

9. Cadillac-inspired jewelry and related items (including charms, coins, medals,
pendants, pins, tokens, etc.)

10.  Cadillac keys fobs, lighters and pocket knives

11.  Cadillac inspired clocks and watches.

12.  Art inspired by the 1959 Cadillac, an American icon

13.  Miscellaneous other products that use the Cadillac name, inspired either by the
French explorer or by the world renown of the Cadillac automobile.

14.  Cadillacs in songs and music are covered in this section.

15.  Cadillacs featured in movies are covered in this section


 

Let's Start with Cadillac Art
by the GM/Cadillac's own draftsmen

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1930 La Salle convertible coupe,
from the 1930 product catalog


Cadillac 1930 V16 Special Phaeton, the "Red Devil"
from a poster marking GMs 75th anniversary

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Top row (left): 1982 artist's poster reminder of pre-WW2 Cadillac history;
Top row (right): tail-end of 1929 roadster, from a period publication (The Crest)
Lower row (left): 1929 Cadillac sedan in Bruges, Belgium (this painting has special  
appeal because we have in our TV room at home a water-color  of  this precise spot
in historic Bruges, sans Cadillac, by Belgian artist and friend, Walter Lootens

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(left) Superb art deco by Barclay McClelland, from 1928 Book of LaSalle
(right) 1929 touring car (from period ad ?)

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1939 grille proposal from 1938

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1939 La Salle front clip, from period ad

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1949 Cadillac Series 62 sedan, from the product brochure

    
Futuristic proposal from GM Designer, Peter Wozena

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1951 Cadillac Series 60 Special, from the product brochure


The artist's name is "Weber"; was he with the GM-Cadillac Styling Studio?

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1953 Cadillac Eldorado, from the product brochure

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1954 front and rear ensembles, from the product brochure

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1955 Cadillac Series 60 Special, rear quarters, from the product brochure

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1956 front ensemble (detail), from the product brochure


The 1956 Eldorado Biarritz, from a merchandising piece

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Here's a nice Christmas scene by an unknown artist (detail at right)

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1957 front ensemble, from the product brochure

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A Cadillac stylist's proposal for 1957-58 front clip [artist: Bob Scheelk]

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Artist's view of the 1956 Eldorado Brougham town car, show car

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This illustration is from a GM merchandising piece from 1957

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From a 1977 factory poster,   artist's view of the 1957 Eldorado Brougham

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Two artists (different) renderings of the 1958 Cadillac front ensemble


A Cadillac artist's representation of the 1958 Series 60 Special sedan

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The '59 Eldoradio Biarritz as seen by the company's art section for the '59 product catalog

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...in reality the real car is taller and shorter!

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A day in the life of a Cadillac owner (from the product brochure)


Another Futuristic proposal from GM Designer, Peter Wozena,
possibly inspired by the Cadillac Cyclone dream car of that year

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1960 Eldorado Biarritz
[ from a large foldout Cadillac product brochure from late nineties ]


Unknown artist - possibly a styling studio sketch of 1970 fender proposal


1970 Eldorado proposal by Wayne Kady; cat-walk grille is reminiscent of the 1939 Cadillac grille;
Later, Wayne took over from Chuck Jordan and Dave Holls as Cadillac design chief

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Stylist's impression of a 1981 model
with a 1932 Cadillac style in the background

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2000 Le Mans race preview


This proposal for a modern-day LaSalle coupe
is by forner Chrysler stylist, Virgil Exner; it is dated 2004
[ Matt Larson collection, Detroit ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Daniel Authouart
Born in 1943, this French artist  likes to paint the Rock 'n Roll years

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Old Texaco gas station
[fifties Cadillac in background]

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Left: Overgrown drive-in movie theater ['56 convertible]
Right: Street scene ['56 convertible]

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Left: Busy street scene [1960 convertible]
Right: Empty pool ['56 convertible]


Une Cadillac pour Marilyn

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Robert Bechtle

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Right: a 1965 Fleetwood Sixty Special; left: the same model for 1967
Notice how the artist's cars are partly hidden in the realistic decor

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Alain Bertrand
He seems to favor Cadillacs in need of TLC

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Typical Cadillac subject from Alain Bertrand;
notice the detail  on this '53 sedan, right

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Clockwise (from L to R): 1953, 1954, 1956

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Depicted is a 1952, Series 62 convertible

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Robert Blumhagen

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" Picnic in the Cadillac "
Poster size:  11x13"

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Entitled Cadillac Beach and measuring 11x14.7", this  is an original acrylic painting on canvas; Mr. Blumhagen is known
for his realistic paintings of the automobile as art.  He calls his  painting technique California Realism

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Jerome Biederman



Another 1930-31 roadster on the V-16 chassis

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Francis Brook


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Described as a 1957-58 Eldorado Brougham,
the car is in fact a regular 1958 Cadillac sedan

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Richard Meredith Browne


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1953 Eldorado
[ giclée canvas art print ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by François Bruère

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1947 Cadillac
François is the official painter of the 24-Hour annual Le Mans race   (licensed AOC). This print
is offset on 250 g/m2 coated paper - measures 30 x 40 cms and issued by the artist.  Born in
Le Mans, France, François has painted, sculpted and produced rolling prototypes for more
than 20 years. I lost contact with him when we emigrated to the USA in 1998


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CADILLAC 1950 at Le Mans

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This one depicts the blue 1953 Eldorado in the
Keyaerts Cadillac Museum, Touraine, France

[ the car came originally from New Jersey - tag #746 YWF ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Benjamin Buysse

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Acrylic on canvas, 9 x 12": © 2001

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Danny Byl

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Cadillac Art by Alec Cahill (13-years-old)

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Alec wrote (in Jan., 2008): I love Caddys and this is a pic of a sixty [1960] in my area
and I was bored one day and I drew this;  u can use this on your site

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
   
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Left: a popular body style in 1929, the sport phaeton
(this painting hangs in the Long Island Auto Museum)
The car in this painting is believed to belong to Lawrence S. de Andrade of Colorado;
Mr. de Andrade has also another painting of it by well-known illustrator Harry Anderson

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by James Cleworth

"Arturs", wrote some unkind things in the Guest Book on Feb. 23, 2001; to set the record straight,
here is what I know about Mr. Cleworth, the Collectible Auto Artist
; he was the subject of an article in
CA 6/1986, p.71-75; the works mentioned include a blue, 1956 Coupe de Ville that was sold to a
Swiss bank executive for $5000 (the only blue Coupe de Ville of Cleworth's that I have seen is
the 1957 model (lower row, left); I have not seen either his painting of a '59 Cadillac with a smashed
front LH fender.  Another article on this skilled auto artist appeared in Car Collector, 3/91

 

With regard to the art of James Cleworth, Database visitor Larry Frank wrote: FYI, the two Cleworth paintings (...57 Coupe de Ville and the '38-39 Cadillac / La Salle) are in my personal collection. I was Harold's publishing partner for some years and I know of no other Blue Caddy painting....It might have been before my time, but I would think I would have heard of it. You have a great site....I'll be back!

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Left: 1939 Cadillac and 1938 La Salle models by Harold James Cleworth for
the 75th Chicago Automobile Show; right: front clip of the 1954 Cadillac Eldorado
The original painting, on the left, and the blue"Coupe de Ville" (below) are in the collection
of Larry Frank who was Mr. Cleworth's publishing partner for some years



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Left: 1957 Cadillac Coupe de Ville front clip
Right: 1959 Cadillac icon tail-fin

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Lyn Hamer Cook

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Left: 1959 coupe, on the beach; art, © 2001

 

   

 

Cadillac Art by Evelyn Curro

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Evelyn Curro was known as one of America’s
leading Americana artists; this piece
is dated 1952; it measures 8 x 10 inches

 

  

 

Cadillac Art by Salvador Dali

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1941 Cadillac "clothed" models; the basic models are copied from the ring-bound, prestige
color catalog of 1941 models (Fleetwood Style #7523, left,  and Fisher style  #6719, right);
the artist himself owned a 1941 Cadillac convertible sedan;  when it had done its time,
he
converted it to a "statue" that is now exhibited at the Dali Museum in Figueras, Spain

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Ken Dallison

Ken Dallison was born in England in 1933. He attended Twickenham Art School in Middlesex.
He began to specialize in vehicle illustration around 1959. He settled in Canada in 1974.
His works are in museums and private collections in the USA and Europe

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1930 Cadillac V-16 roadster

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Details of Ken's painting

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by D. Desorguer

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Cartoon-style color rendering of the 1953 Eldorado

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Cartoon-style color rendering of the 1957-58 Eldorado Brougham

In 2011, enthusiast Erik Deneyer commented: The [1953 Eldorado] drawing was made by Daniël Desorgher, artist of the series “Jimmy Tousseul”, first published by Dupuis and, later on, by Glénat. The drawing was made external for sale (as an ex-libris) and isn’t an image out of one of the comic albums. Though it wouldn’t surprise me if there were actual Cadillacs represented in the Jimmy Tousseul albums. In La Liste 66 from Eric Stalner a Cadillac Eldorado [Brougham] is used as well [photo above]


 

 

Cadillac Art by James B. Deneen

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Entitled An old-fashioned Fourth, the painting is 23.5x13.5"

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Joanne Domka

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Tail-fin of 1960 Eldorado
Joanne has painted also the '49 Cadillac "Goddess",
three different '59 Coupe de Ville tail fins
and a '59 Eldorado tail fin

[ these are 21x28 limnited edition giclée prints ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Ken Eberts

[ missing image ]

A Classic Christmas   featuring a  1930
V16 phaeton
[ on cover of Antique Automobile Nov-Dec.  1989 ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Pierre Dumont

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Don Lee custom 1920-21 Cadillac "6-fender" touring car, built for screen star, Ann May;
it is described also as a sport formal touring sedan with "California top"
  

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1924-25 Cadillac Type 63 (or "V-63") 7-pass.  sedan

 

 

 

"Edwards Art Productions"

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Front and rear ensembles of the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Stu Eichel

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Seen in Saratoga Auto Museum, Saratoga, NY, 10/2009
[ Contact: www.stueichelart.com ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Laura Lea Evans


1933 Cadikllac V16 AWP, "Among the Lilacs" painted at  Christmas 1990
[Matt Larson collection]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by John Evans

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1931 V-16 (?) phaeton for a club project

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(left) 1937 sedan, (right)1954 Eldorado

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1959 Sedan de Ville

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Mano Forsman

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1970 Cadillac front clip
This acrylic painting, on canvas,
is 4.3 feet high and 3.3 feet wide

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Jorge M. Garcia

 This Latin American artist from Argentina paints the most elegant Classic Cars:  Rolls Royce, Packard, Cadillac, Duesenberg and other great marques.  He also paints racing cars; his digital work, "THE 55 FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPION CARS (1950-2004)" is amazing; it shows the evolution of the champion cars through 55 years of F1.  Among his patrons, Jorge has the great  Juan M. Fangio and FI champ Michael Schumacher.  Seven of his paintings are now available as signed, limited edition giclée prints, exclusively from Car Art Inc. in the Jorge Garcia Gallery

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1930-31 Cadillac V-16 roadster, with close up detail (right)

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1955 Cadillac Coupe  de Ville, again with close-up details (right)

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Alfred Gockel

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" Classic Cadillac "
a 24x32" fine art print

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Michael Goettner

Originally from Hamburg, Germany, this automobile and aviation artist immigrated to the United States and became a US citizen in 1956. Currently (2003), he and his wife, Nancy, reside in Sylvania, Ohio.

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1
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Cadillac Art by Tom Hale

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1957 Cadillac front clip

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Greg Hanlon

Hanlon is an emerging artist; he has received rave reviews for his drawings/paintings
and for the professional manner in which he conducts business.


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These 11x14" prints are by Greg Hanlon, of Encinitas, CA
As a young child, Greg recalls looking up at the immense fins
of the Eldorado (left) and visualizing a shark in the reflections.

To view other examples of Mr. Hanlon's art,
please click here

 

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Hergé1

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Left: this accurate representation of the 1938 Series 75
convertible sedan  appeared in the comic strip, Tintin in Tibet

Right: the car was made available also as a 1:43 scale miniature

So far as I know, the only other Cadillac featured in any of Hergé's comics is a 1957-58
Eldorado Brougham; it is easily recognizable on the forecourt of Marlinspike Hall (Chateau
de Moulinsart), in the closing illustrations (?) of  one adventure of which I don't recall the name

 

1 The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin)    is one of the most popular comic strips of the 20th century. Drawn and written by the late Belgian writer-artist, Georges Remi a.k.a. "Hergé" [which are his initials, sounded in French and reversed, i.e. "RG"].  Some 200 million copies had been sold by the end of the first millennium (2000) and there have been translations into nearly 60 languages. The hero is a young Belgian reporter and globe-trotter named Tintin; among the cast of characters are Snowy the dog (Milou in the original), Captain Haddock, Professor Cuthbert Calculus (Tryphon Tournesol in the original) and the comical detective-duo, Thomson & Thompson (Dupont & Dupond  in the original). The action takes place in many recognizable countries, cities and landmarks and the books are replete with cars of all years and models A MUST FOR CAR BUFFS OF ALL AGES, from 7 to 77 !

 

 

Cadillac Art by Walter T. Gomez

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1941 Cadillac Series Sixty Special
This piece measures approx.  18x24"

and is painted with art markers, pastels, colored
pencils and gouache on cotton rag vellum

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Jack Juratovic


Beautiful 1934 LaSalle Convertible Coupe


1935 Cadillac V16, Series 60 Town car
Superb!

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Marty Helgeson

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1959 Caddy rear clip
This piece measures approx.  9" X 12"

and is painted in acrylics on a canvas panel

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by mural artist, Hooley

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An eight foot high, twenty foot wide mural painted by world famous Mural artist Hooley.
He has murals in Europe, and throughout the United States. This beautiful one-of-a-kind
mural depicts Hollywood legends, Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, and James Dean,
as they cruise through the historic old west town of Prescott, AZ in a 1959
red Cadillac convertible. Prominent landmarks are fully displayed in this picture

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Rolf Karlsson

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These beautiful, soft pastels are among the most lifelike car paintings I've seen;
for more information, visit the artist's gallery, in Sweden, by clicking here
[ the images have been slightly cropped to center on the cars ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Patrick Kelley

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East Orange Inn and a 1914 Cadillac

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Gordon Kibbe

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This 10x8" print features the ever-popular 1930-31 Cadillac V-16
[ in this instance, Fleetwood style #4380, all-weather phaeton ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Andy King


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This is a  20x30" ACTUAL painting
by the artist (click on above NAME link for details)

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Steven John Koeppe

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Back in the 1960's, bumper stickers and window decals proudly declared Love It Or Leave It , implying that if you didn't love America (exactly like the guy driving the car) you should
get the hell out of Dodge. Unfortunately, such attitudes are still alive and well, today.  John painted this wasted Cadillac as a metaphor for where such thinking has taken us.
We put business interests ahead of environmental and social concerns, we're in debt up to our necks again, and style is valued way ahead of substance. Heading
hell-bent down a bumpy road, we may be headed for a total breakdown.
(© 1988 - Acrylic on canvas, 48x72" -Collection of John Sheppard )

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by John Lander

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John Lander is an American artist born in Atlanta, Ga.
He painted this custom 1940 Cadillac convertible coupe
with body by Bohman & Schwartz

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Jimmy Lee


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(Left and center) these are  27x27" ACTUAL paintings
by the artist (click on above NAME link for details)
The painting at right may have been inspired by a cover of Newsweek (at left)

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Glenn Lewis

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The 1929 Cadillac convertible coupe in this 11x17" painting is the work of Glenn  Lewis,  an accomplished artist, illustrator, graphic designer, and author.  For forty years, he has painted in diverse mediums, evolving to master his unique style. Today, most of his work is in private collections. His spirited work is distinguished by his vast imagination, brilliant color and uplifting themes. He is a member of the Santa Barbara Art Association, Goleta Art Association, and is a former college art instructor.

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Lucinda Lewis

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Entitled simply Diner, this one measures 23x35"
[there is a '59 Cadillac at far left ]

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Fifties Cadillacs abound in Lucinda Lewis' book
Roadside America
[ the original measures 18x27" ]

 

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by R. Lewis

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1930-33 Cadillac "Heron" hood ornament

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1953 Cadillac front ensemble

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Jan Lis

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Jan Lis' Key West paintings capture the timeless quality of an exotic south. This colorful painting shows Jan's love of old Florida architecture with it's rustic buildings and stately trees. The painting was the Mitchell Graphics Award winner at the Florida Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition at the Pensacola Museum of Art,  Pensacola, FL. Size:  22" x  30" Acrylic on Arches watercolor paper.   The painting is double matted with a 5" white outer mat and a taupe inner mat.   It is framed with a taupe aluminum Museum frame.  The outside dimensions including frame are 32½" x 40½"

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Michael Litvack

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Size: 14" x 180" Acrylic

   
This new painting (at left) and the detail (at right) were provided kindly by Michael in  Nov. 2011

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Günter May

Günter May was born in 1953 in Schüller/Eifel (south of Cologne).  He was trained as a typesetter and also attended a school of art and design. He studied art and design at Düsseldorf University.  Since 1982 he has worked as a freelance illustrator in Düsseldorf.  Among his clients are the German parliament (Bundestag),  post office,  Ministry of Agriculture of Rhineland-Palatinate, Düsseldorf Museum of Art and Ministry of Culture and Education of Rhineland-Palatinate.  His fascination with Cuba's unique way of life, where Classics of the fifties form part of every day life, is amply reflected in this group of four paintings of 1947, 1953 and 1958 Cadillacs that he saw there.  He has a web site where these and other car paintings of his may be admired.

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[Left] Pink Cadillac, 1947 cadillac Fleetwood;  [Right] Cuba Libre, 1953 Series 62 convertible

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[Left]  Havana Club, 1958 Sedan de Ville; [Right] Trinidad, 1958 Cadillac Sedan De Ville
(the latter car is located in Germany, near Cologne, and is owned by the Webmaster of
classic-cadillac.com)

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Dan McCrary

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Top row: (left) Partly Cloudy, featuring the reflection of a 1959 Eldorado Biarritz
in the LH rear fender of a 1949 Series Sixty Special sedan;

Top row: (right)  1954 Eldorado tail-fin with (possibly) a Series 62 convertible behind it
Lower row: (left) reflection of the 1959 Cadillac rear grille in the casing of a Continental kit

Lower row: (right) is entitled "Fin Perspective" and shows
the  rear clips of a 1958 Series 60 Special (LH) and a 1956 Seville (RH)

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by E.R. McIntosh

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This artist's work was identified kindly by Scott Braunstein.


In June 2003, he wrote this to the CLC:
I was at a yard sale and found a neat looking painting of a car (1912 Touring Cadillac). I was amazed by the print and wanted to learn more about it. So I got to a Web site and searched on "paintings cadillac"; there I found your site containing various prints from different artists. As I scrolled down, I saw a section labeled unknown artists. Well I would like to inform you that the painting of the 1912 Touring Cadillac was done by artist  E. R. McIntosh in 1972.

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by R. McKee

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1930-31 Cadillac V-16 roadster, Fleetwood style #4302

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1937 Cadillac Goddess emblem

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Ted McLaren

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" Pink Cadillac "
[ Size: 18x14" -  on heavy white paper ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Jonathan Basil Medwid
Medwid, email: jmedwid@basilgallery.com, phone: 860. 416. 0993

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This pastel on paper measures 18x24" and is priced at $450

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Paul Melia

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" 1913 Cadillac "
[ Size: 18x14" -  on heavy white paper ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Kelly Newcombe

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[ size 16x20" ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Chris Osborne


[ size 16x20" ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by E. Pasteiner


 

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by John Peckham

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This sporty touring "sedan" (?)   with side mounted coach lamps is said to have been Don Lee's personal car;
the color rendering from 1964 is by artist John M. Peckham [I found it and photographed it in GM's styling archives, in 1994]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Susan Pepler

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Susan Pepler, a Montreal artist renowned for her energetic & lively paintings of vintage cars, found this 1950 "gold" Cadillac in the Botanical Gardens of  Havana, Cuba.  
After winning First Place at AJAC's (Automobile Journalists Association of Canada) Art of the Automobile Contest in 2003, she was invited to exhibit her automobile paintings
at the prestigious Concours d'Elegance Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, where she was the best selling artist.

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Thomas Petersen

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1931 sidemount (left), 1940 fog lamp (center), 1940 front clip (right)

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1953 front clip (left), 1954 twin front clips (right)

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1955 nose (left), 1957 tail fin (right)

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1959 fins

The artist wrote last year: Hello, my name is Thom Petersen and I am an Automotive Artist.
I have been doing this professionally since 1979. My art has been featured in many major Automobile Magazines and Art Text Books on airbrushing. The site is one that might interest
you. Actually, it's my art gallery of automobile art. I have many Cadillacs on it and I am sure
that you'll find some enjoyment in it. Thanks for your kind attention. Yours Truly, Thom
Petersen.

petersto@unicous.com

For titles, dimensions, description and availability, please consult
Mr. Petersen's Web page from which he has graciously
allowed me to post these, his Cadillac prints

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Bob Petillo

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Painting at left is Entitled Col. Sanders Cadillac,
On the right is Dream Rides

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Ed Pickel

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This is an 8.5x11"  print entitled 55 Caddy (McDonald's) is a limited edition of 250,
each signed and numbered;
  the original oil on canvas measures 30x40"

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Bill Pruitt

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This is an 8.5x11"  print entitled 55 Caddy (McDonald's) is a limited edition of 250,
each signed and numbered;
  the original oil on canvas measures 30x40"

 

 

 

Cadillac & LaSalle Art by Jack Pumphrey


Jack never stopped drawing pictures of cars, boats & people from the time he was just a kid in grade school.
He was once asked, "Have you been doing this all your life?". "Well, not yet!" he answered with a wry smile.
Self-taght as a precise pen & inl artist, Jack has now incorporated water color and markers to brighten up
his detailed art. I work from photographs that customers send me from all over America, Canada & Europe,
via eMail [inkyarts(at)comcast.net].  Jack provides  portraits of classic cars, yachts and other transportation art
out of his home-based studio in Las Cruces, NM. Samples of his work may be previewed at jackpumphreyarts.com

    
(Left) 1937 LaSalle Dual-Cowl phaeton
(Right) 1933 Cadillac V16 convertible Victoria

    
(Left) 1941 Series 62 convertible coupe
(Right) 1946 Series 75 Limousine

    
(Left) 1947 Series 62 convertible coupe
(Right) 1949 Series 60 Special Sedan

     
(Left) 1950 "chopped" Series 62 Coupe
(Right) 1951 Series 62 convertible coupe
 

         
(Left) 1953  Series 62 convertible coupe
(Right) 1955
 Series 62 convertible

         
(Left) 1956 Series 62 Coupe de Ville
(Right) 195
7-58  Eldorado Brougham

    
(Left) 1959   Series 62 Coupe "Low Rider"
(Right) 1960
 Series 64 Eldorado Biarritz

    
(Left) 1963  Series 62 Convertible
(Right) 1964
 DeVille Coupe


1965 Sedan de Ville
 

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Ken Porter


1970 DeVille convertible

 

 

Cadillac Art by Tom Rawdon

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Superb rendering of the 1934 Cadillac V-12
town car once owned by screen star, Mae West
(thanks to CLC member, Adam Schoolsky, for remembering the name of the artist)

 

 

Cadillac Art by Dan Reed

Dan started drawing very young.  He studied art at Westchester University in the early 90s, where he completed a series of pen and ink drawings of the 19th century campus buildings. Today, as may be seen in the examples below, the bulk of his work realtes to his love of classic cars.

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Dan is a member of the Valley Forge Region CLC  and also an automotive

illustrator; please check out his web site for more Cadillac (and other)
art in both color and B&W.   Dan was commissioned by fellow CLC member,
Adam Schoolsky, to capture the elegance  of his beautiful 1937 convertible sedan

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Here is Dan's pencil rendition of CLC member
Richard Stanley's 1928 La Salle roadster
[ Photo:  CLC Self Starter, June 2005 ]

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Cadillac Art by Carl Johan Rehbinder, Sweden

If an artist has a specific interest, sooner or later it will surely
manifest itself in the artist's work. This is the case with
Carl Johan Rehbinder, who has been drawing and painting cars
since early childhood and photographing them since his early teens

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1953 Cadillac Eldorado
One of three very large paintings for the Restaurant Levinsky's
in Kista Centrum, north of Stockholm
Acrylic on canvas, glued on plywood
[ from the artist's own photo ]

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Santa rides in style...
Christmas card for American Car Club of Sweden.
Mixed techniques on paper.

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1930-31 Cadillac -8 grille and badge

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Nicolas Repin

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A Texan, a Cadillac and an oil well ...need one say more?

Measuring 20 x 24", this is an oil painting on heavy canvas by accomplished
European artist, Nicolas Repin; I have been unable to determine if  Nicolas'
painting (left) is based on the Levi's Western boot ad (right) or whether Levi's got
the rights to the Repin painting in order to advertise the boots!

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Henry Rolodziej

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This vintage poster on  extra heavy poster paper measures 28x42";
it is signed by the artist and features a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham
with the message: Restore the beauty of your Cadillac, whatever
the year, with our appearance reconditioning
.  At the lower edge
it says: Cadillac Service - A tradition of Excellence since 1902
Also featured is the  Cadillac crest and crown

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Art Ross

  
Left: Shades of the 1939 coupe models, painted the previous year
Right: Early post-war proposal

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Barry Rowe

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Barry is the featured artist at the Meadow Brook Hall Concours d'Elegance in 2002, where he
already won awards of excellence in 1997 and 1999.  He studied design at the Coventry College
of Arts in England and later won the prestigious Sotheby's Transport Trust Award. His contri-
bution for 2002 is a painting of the V-16 Cadillac special phaeton  style #4260 that was donated
to the Cadillac Museum, some twenty years ago, by the widow of its first owner, Mrs. Ellis Little.

[ Photo:  Meadow Brook Hall flyer, 2002 - original in color ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky

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1929 Cadillac sport phaeton

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1934 La Salle convertible coupe, to promote the new model in that years adverising campaigns

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Jacques Saoutchik

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This original piece of art is from the studios of the renowned French coach builder;
it is believed to have been painted circa 1930
[ the car is a custom proposal for the V-12 chassis - it was in fact built (image, right) ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Yann Saunders

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This is Fleetwood style #4260 on V16 chassis
20 x 9" - gouache on card
[ modeled after cover design from 60s Jo-Han 1/25 scale model box ]  

 

[amended] Cadillac Art by Yann Saunders

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I had fun "creating" this stretched 1958 purple Cadillac limousine
from a manufacturer's illustration of a funeral coach for that year

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Jack Schmitt

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This 8½x12" print is entitled 49ers and includes the tail end of a 1949
Cadillac Series 62 convertible; the artist is well known for his detailed
Gasoline Art lithographs; this one is of the classic Mobilgas filling station

 

 



Cadillac Art by David Snyder
Motorama 1953 (left) and  Edward Cadillac (right)

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LH image size unknown;
RH image size 18x26" on 22x28" heavy paper
Limited to 950 prints. Print cost :  $85.00

On the LH print you can see (far left) two Cadillacs, one dark green, the other gray:
on the RH print (foreground) is a '60 Eldorado Biarritz in the same Siena Rose color as mine,
at top (left) a Bahama Blue 1957-58 Eldorado Brougham, at center a white
'57 Eldorado Biarritz and (at far right) a red '59 Eldorado Biarritz

[ For more art by David Snyder, click here ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Rick Spooner

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1958 Cadillac - Soft pastel print

Rick grew up in Seattle, WA. He paints and draws in a variety
of media, his favorite being pen & ink drawings.

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Don Staats

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Cadillac Couch  (24 x 30")
This painting is a commentary on an old friend of Don's,
'Leo', who owned the actual Cadillac Couch that was complete
with working tail lights;  Leo represented the extreme
of things, including his art collections, wild
western outfits, bola ties and money!
(Don is also the actual 'model' in this painting)

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by "Stanford"


This ultra-modern design for a would-be Cadillac roadster was
brought to ma attention by an enthusiast in 2014;
if someone would kindly identify
the artist more fully, I shall give him due credit for the high quality of his art

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by John Starr
[ from the Bayview Gallery, Maine ]

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General Patton's staff car
a 1940 La Salle convertible sedan

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1941 convertible coupe

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by M. Stehrenberger

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Thanks to Alex Chrisanfov of Moscow's Auto Review for identifying the artist behind this lovely
Cadillac Allanté (my copy of the drawing is so small that the text is totally illegible); Mr. Stehrenberger
is a prominent automotive artist whose work is regularly published in different European
car magazines, including the French Automobile Classique and the Swiss Revue Automobile

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Paul Stipkovich

    
 

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Joseph Stone

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The late Hank Williams and his 1952 Cadillac Series 62 convertible; 999 of these 8½x11" prints of the original were made, each one numbered and  signed by the Alabama artist

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Robert Toth

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As may be seen in this selection of his   automobile art, Mr. Toth, like many of his contemporaries,
is greatly influenced by the distinctive lines of the 1959 Cadillac (the lower car depicts a custom model)

A retrospective about this multi-talented artist may be found here; you may also visit Robert's Web site here

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Joseph Urban

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Joseph Urban is one of many artists who, in the twenties and  thirties,
painted Cadillacs and Cadillac  scenes for the firm's merchandising programs;
the vignette, above,  shows a 1929 Sport Phaeton in a sylvan setting;

below is the period ad in which this artwork appeared
[ Illustration from Saturday Evening Post for  July 13, 1929 ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Hein Vandervoort

Coupe de Ville, ATF-74
100 x 130 cm, oil on canvas (2006)

 

1972 II, ATF-88
180 x 220 cm, oil on canvas (2006)

In 1988 Hein Vandervoort graduated from the Royal Academy for the Arts in the Hague.  He has received several subsidies from the Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten and his paintings have been bought by such institutions as the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst in The Hague etc.  For many years Hein's work has been influenced by his travels through the United States and his paintings have been inspired by photographs taken during these trips. The images he uses are related to experiences, locations, various items etc., rendered in his distinctive style and use of colour.  Sadly, in 2001 many of Hein's paintings were destroyed in a fire at his studio. The fire did not change the focus of his work and in the period immediately following this catastrophe he set about reconstruction 13 paintings that earlier had been purchased by Link Contemporary Art in the Hague. Since the fire all his works are denoted with the initials ATF (after the fire).

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Ted Welch

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Left: 1931 Cadillac, V-16 all-weather phaeton by Fleetwood, type #4335 (15x22" - one of 1,000)
Right: 1931 V-12 convertible coupe

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Left: 1955 Cadillac convertible front clip
Right: 1962 Cadillac rear clip

Edward L. (Ted) Welch is an established automotive artist based in McAlester, OK. Born in Hughes Springs, Texas in 1938, Ted's love of the automobile developed from an early age. His talent as a technical illustrator led to a career in new 
aircraft and weapons systems concepts.  In 1987, he began focusing his talents almost exclusively on automobiles.  He says, I started painting classic automobiles with enthusiasm and a passion that is hard to understand or explain.
There are several reasons I chose to paint automobiles... the availability of subject matter and an interest in automobiles that existed since childhood, and skills I have acquired in both fine art and technical art.
 
His work resides in private and corporate collections across the United States. Ted's preferred mediums for automotive illustrations are watercolor/gouache and acrylics.

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Nicola Wood

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Left: 1930 PF boat-tail speedster; it  was the centerpiece of the poster and program
book for the 43rd Annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, August 22, 1993;
Right: 1959 Cadillac Series 62  tail fin (NOT an Eldorado)

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Left: 1955 sedan (foreground) ...it's a dog's life!
Right: Pink flamingos and a red Eldorado Biarritz

More art work on a Cadillac theme by Nicola Wood may be seen on this Web site

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Ed White


Artist's view of a modernistic 1959 Cadillac coupe
[ Photo:  Internet 2012 ]

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Danny Whitfield


1959 Eldorado Biarritz, in an unusual shade of bronze/brown
( from the artist's web site )

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Raymond Wyatt

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1930-32 Goddess hood ornament

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Vincent Yuzon

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Left to right:  '59 tail fin, '57-58 Eldorado Brougham front ensemble, '53 Goddess hood mascot

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Left: '57 custom front ensemble; Right:  '57 "60 Special"



I met Vincent and his family in Las Vegas, on the occasion of the Cadillac & LaSalle Club "Grand National" meet in June 2009, where he was exhibiting some of his art for sale.   He has a style very much his own and is equally at ease working with acrylics, water colors and even an air brush. 

 

 

 

Cadillac Art by Paul Zanetti

Paul was born in 1961. He started cartooning at age nine, drawing the teachers in school ...and getting kicked out of class. He knew then that cartooning was his future. At age 18 he was appointed editorial cartoonist for the Sydney Daily Telegraph. He was Australia's youngest editorial cartoonist.  Today he is independently syndicating cartoons throughout Australia and overseas.

When he saw his first Cadillac (a '59 Eldorado Biarritz!) it was love at first sight and has been a lifetime love affair. Paul hs owned a number of collectible Cadillacs since the late 1980s.

His hobbies include Michelle, the children, architecture, restoring Cadillacs, locating and restoring mid-20th century modern furniture, collecting and landscaping cacti and succulents.


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1959 Eldorado Barritz on the beach at Surfer's Paradise, on Australia's Gold Coast
Lifeguard is sounding  the alert: Shark Alert !  Everyone INTO the water !

[unfortunately, space restrictions prevent showing the cartoon in full size; reduced
size and lower resolution do not allow for capture all the artist's pen and brush strokes]

Paul is a well-known Australian cartoonist. And, yes,
he does drive a 1959 Eldorado Biarritz.  Gita and I are
honored to have been guests of Paul and his lovely wife, Michelle,
during our extended Australian tour in March-April, 2005

 

 

 

Unidentified Cadillac Art

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Model A on the right is part of the ensemble on the left

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Left and center: 1903 runabout with tonneau [center picture was described as 1902 Cadillac]
Right: an odd-looking Cadillac with dummy hood (1904) and tulip body (1906)

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1906 touring car

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Left: 1905 Model E runabout with cape top
Right: 1906-07 tulip bodied Model K touring car (Long Island Auto Museum)

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1908 Limousines [ possibly by artist Evelyn Curro ]

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Left: 1909 touring
Right: 1910 roadster

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Art Deco rendering of the 1928 roadster

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Fisher roadster for 2 passengers, 1929


Poster for the 1989 Silverado Concours d'Elégance;
it features a custom-built 1930 Cadillac 3-position convertible
by Paris' Hibbard and Darrin coachbuilders
(Matt Larson collection, Detroit)

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Art rendering of the 1930-31 V-16 roadster,  Fleetwood style #4302 (105 units built)

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Same car, different artist

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1930-31all-weather  phaeton, Fleetwood style #4380 (250 units built)

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Left: 1930 Cadillac V-16 roadster, Fleetwood style #4302
1930 V-8 Cadillac roadster (left), Cadillac 1930-31 V-16 sedan for 5 passengers, Fleetwood style #4130

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Boat-tail speedster on 1930 Cadillac V-16 chassis,
by Gian Battista Pinin Farina

 

 


This is from an album of collectible cigarette cards
bearing the German title, Das Auto von Heute (The Car of Today); the pages are numbered from 1 to 33 and the collection comprises 255 different cards, of which this sixteen-cylinder Cadillac Fleetwood limousine, style #4375; the inner front page of the album features a Nazi party “parade car” (a  Horch ?) flying Swastika pennants from both front fenders; the piece is undated, but I am guessing  it was published circa 1936-37

   
1930 V-16, Fleetwood style 4260 special phaeton ... for Christmas!

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1930-32 Cadillac Goddess, by Stick Boy

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Painting (left) and detail (right) depict a modified 1932 Cadillac V-16 town car
once owned by the late C.W. Hampton of England [check it out in the "Survivors" roster]

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(above 2 rows) 1932 Cadillav V12 or V16 phaeton

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(Left and upper image) 1932 dual-cowl phaeton by Fisher, style #32-16-280 (3 built)
(Right): poster ad for the 1990 CLC Grand National in Carson City, NV

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Left: 1933 V-16 Town car, Fleetwood style #5525 (3 built)


This lovely painting of a 1933 Converible Sedan
hangs in the home of our friends, Matt & Michaline Larson;
it was painted by a friend of theirs

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1934 Aero coupe, Fleetwood style#5899

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1937 V-16 roadster bodied by Willy Hartmann of Lausanne, Switzerland
(this is one color scheme that was NOT used on this car)

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Left: 1940 V-16 coupe; Center:  Artist's impression of a 1940 town car by Brunn
Right: 1941 Cadillac front clip

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Left:  1947 Cadillac front clip by unknown French artist
Center and right: Plain and sexy 1948 Cadillacs

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There must be a message here. Will the white rabbit (top) survive
One thing for sure, the passengers on the ship (left) and 'plane (right) are doomed...

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This was copied from a catalog for a Concours d'Elégance

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Left: 1949 Coupe de Ville with Harley Earl and Lockheed P38 Lightning in background
Center:  artist's impression of Cadillac's participation in the 1950 Le Mans road race
Right:  1949-50 front clip,  profile view (French artist, Confolens car meet)

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Right:  colorful Cadillac art from Cuba

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1951 Cadillac coupe


1951 pink grille

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Left: unknown artist's impression of the 1953 Eldorado from period ad
Right: the 1953 Eldorado [note turn of the century script!]


Sent in by friends, Kitty & Roy, in England;
if anyone knows the artist,  please let me know

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Tail-end of 1953 Cadillac

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Marilyn Monroe, a 1953 Eldorado
and the California state flag

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Marilyn, a low-riding '53 Eldorado lookalike [according to enthusiast, Mano Forsman it was built
a few years ago, on a regular Cadillac chassis, by John D'Agostino in  CA


1953 Eldorado in Azure Blue


I'm not able to fully read the filigree ".com" domain name; it could be "Spiderworld"

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1953 Custom coupe on Cadillac chassis by Ghia


1953 Cadillac Le Mans 2-pass roadster (4 were built)
[ from ZTV collection ]

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1954 custom Cadillac grille

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Artist's rendering of the front clip of the new
Eldorado Brougham prototype for 1955

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This is half painting and half photo; I believe the mural stands on the lot
of the Cadillac dealership of Frank Corrente in Los Angeles

[ who is the artist / photographer? ]

    
Artist's view of a snow-covered "Graceland" ... the Elvis Presley estate

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1955 and 1956 Cadillac front clips

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'55 "Dagmars"

    
Christmas "Graceland" art, possibly inspired by the pink 1955 sedan bought by Elvis Presley for his Mum

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Elvis' grape-purple 1956 Eldorado Biarritz


A 1956 Cadillac "in the pink"
Unfortunately, the artist's signature is almost illegible; who knows him/her?

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Artist's impression of a special, 1956 Skyview, sightseeing limousine
built for Colorado's Broadmoor hotel  by Hess & Eisenhardt of Cincinnati, OH.

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Cartoonist's impression of the '56 Cadillac

    
Christmas card theme with 1956 Cadillac tail-fins at lower LH side

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Left: 1957 Cadillac front clip (I have a similar view, in blue,  by James Cleworth, above)
Right: from France comes this postcard featuring an artist's view of the

1957 Cadillac Series Sixty Special sedan, although it is marked
(in error) Cadillac "Eldorado" (Etats-Unis) [i.e. United States]

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Reflections in a 1957 bumper pod
[ Unknown ]


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Tail ends of two '58s

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1958 Eldorado Biarritz impression

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Left: '59 Sixty Special in quicksand?
Right: a gift from Jean-Michel Roux, a '59 fanatic

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The mural (left) - with detail (right) was used to advertise the moderm sofa, left

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This one was brought to my attention by French enthusiast, Jocelyn Lecocq

    
Advertising poster for the Petersen Museum, CA (2013)


Found on Internet, 2013 - who is the artist?


 Pretty pin-up in pink...


1959 Series 60 Special


1959 Series 64 Eldorado Seville custom coupe with side trim from the 1960 version ... BEE-OO-TEE-FUL

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Artist's view of the Superior-built Cadillac Caravelle tour bus (at right) for Colorado's renowned Broadmoor Hotel


Unknown artist's impression of a "formalized" 1959 Cadillac "75" limousine

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Left:  1960 tail-fins and, tight,  pink Coupe de Ville by an unidentified German artist


Slightly cropped painting of 1961 Eldorado Biarritz


Leggy pin-up poses with '62 convertible


Fleetwood Series 60 Special


1963 custom Cadillac "Surfin' Wagon"

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1965 Fleetwood 60 Special sedan, side view

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1967 Cadillac De Ville coupe

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1967 Cadillac Eldorado coupe

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1979 Eldorado Biarritz on the right is part of the ensemble on the left

  

 

 

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( résumé en français)

Les automobiles Cadillac ont été source d'inspiration pour de nombreux artistes tant amateurs que professionnels (j'entends par "artiste" les artistes peintres, photographes, sculpteurs at autres musiciens).

Cette page est consacrée aux meilleurs dessins, tableaux, photos, sculptures qu'il m'a été donné d'admirer depuis plus de 45 ans que je suis collectionneur de Cadillac.

Je n'ai pas inclus l'ensemble des dessins et tableaux realisés au sein même de l'entreprise; il se pourrait cependant que par la suite je leur consacre plusieurs pages!

Pour ce qui est des Cadillac en chanson et en musique, reportez vous a cette page.

 

 

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© 1996, Yann Saunders and the Cadillac-LaSalle Club, Inc.
[ Background image:  drawing of a'59 Cadillac convertible, a gift from J.-M. Roux ]