Charles Henry Buckius Demuth (1883 - 1935)

Born 8 Nov 1883 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 24 Oct 1935 at age 51 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Charles Demuth is Notable.

Charles Demuth was an American watercolorist who turned to oils late in his career, developing a style of painting known as Precisionism. He was a lifelong resident of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The home he shared with his mother is now the Demuth Museum, which showcases his work.

He graduated from Franklin & Marshall Academy before studying at Drexel University and at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He later studied at Académie Colarossi and Académie Julian in Paris, where he became a part of the avant garde art scene. After his return to America, Demuth retained aspects of Cubism in many of his works.

Demuth, along with Georgia O'Keeffe and Charles Sheeler, was a major contributor to the Precisionist art movement, which began to evolve in America around 1915. Demuth's works often depicted a specific range of forms in a quasi-Cubist, sharply defined manner, a characteristic of Precisionism. Frequently occurring scenes within Demuth's works are urban and rural landscapes, often consisting of industrial features such as bridges, smoke stacks, and skyscrapers

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See also:

• United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGZC-W1F : accessed 7 June 2016), Charles H Demuth in household of Ferdinand A Demuth, Lancaster Ward 3, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 1A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,367.
• United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXSW-S91 : accessed 7 June 2016), Charles H Demuth in household of Augusta W Demuth, Lancaster Ward 3, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 12A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,583.
• United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHQQ-QH6 : accessed 7 June 2016), Charles H Demuth in entry for Augusta W Demuth, 1930.
• Demuth Museum. http://www.demuth.org/
• Charles Demuth wikipedia article.
• https://www.wikiart.org/en/charles-demuth

Charles Demuth BIRTH 8 Nov 1883 Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 24 Oct 1935 (aged 51) Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Show Map PLOT 1244 MEMORIAL ID Find A Grave: Memorial #276 Has a photo of gravestone.