Charles Demuth

(1883–1935) nordamerikansk målare

Charles Demuth (USA, 1883–1935) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a draughtsman, and a photographer. By year of birth, Charles Demuth belongs to the chapter ‘The interwar years’ in this site’s history of art.

Charles Demuth was born in Lancaster and died in Lancaster. Charles Demuth trained at Académie Colarossi and Académie Julian. Charles Demuth studied under Thomas Pollock Anshutz. Charles Demuth worked in Paris, Berlin, London, and Lancaster. Wikidata associates Charles Demuth with Precisionism.

The best-known works include ‘Buildings’ and ‘I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold’. The works belong mainly to the genres Precisionism, cityscape, and still life. The catalogue has 48 works by Charles Demuth with free images. The dated works span the years 1909–1931. Works by Charles Demuth are held by several collections, among them Barnes Foundation, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and Phillips Collection. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The interwar years’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Fernand Allard-L'Olivier, Francis Campbell Bolleau Cadell, Dezső Czigány, Anna Klein, and Oscar Cesare.

• The interwar years
• I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold