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Entries in Charles Demuth (1)

Wednesday
Oct102012

Charles Demuth, Precisionist

DateWednesday, October 10, 2012 at 11:12AM
Charles Demuth, Nana (Seated Left) and Satin at Laure's Restaurant (Illustration for Emile Zola's Nana) - 1916. Watercolor and pencil on paper, 8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm). Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller 52.1935, Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) New YorkCharles Demuth, The Golden Swan (also known as Hell Hole) - 1919 - Private collection - 8 cm (3.15 in.), Width: 10.5 cm (4.13 in.) - watercolor and pencil on paperPainter Charles Demuth (1883-1935) created works that were distinctly American and simultaneously Modern.
“Precisionism (or Cubist Realism) is a style of representation in which an object is rendered in a realistic manner, but with an emphasis on its geometric form. An important part of American Modernism, it was inspired by the development of Cubism in Europe, and by the rapid growth of industrialization of North America in the wake of innovators such as Henry Ford. In its emphasis on stylized angular forms it is also visually somewhat similar to Art Deco.”
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