Alexander Cañedo

Alexander Cañedo (December 26, 1902 – February 1, 1978

Traveling west, Cañedo held a solo show at Gump's Gallery in San Francisco in 1949, the first of many exhibitions at Gump's. That year, he also exhibited at the first annual Art League of California faculty show. In 1950, Walter Foster published an art instruction book titled How Cañedo Draws the Figure; it remained in print for five years.

Cañedo permanently relocated to California, dividing his time between San Francisco and Los Angeles, with frequent painting trips to the Monterey area. His work tended to be formally similar, with nude figures set in improbable, alien or abstracted landscapes, or featured natural objects such as seashells floating in such settings. During this time, Cañedo also produced many overtly homoerotic artworks for private collectors which were too suggestive to be exhibited in galleries.

His work remained in demand throughout the 1960s, with solo exhibitions at the James Pendleton Gallery, Galleria Gianni, Raymond & Raymond Gallery and the Arcade Gallery in the Beverly Hills Hotel. His works are included in the permanent collection of the Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation.

Cañedo died in West Hollywood, California on February 1, 1978.