Note Set 8. Charles Demuth was born in 1883. He was a Precisionist.
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Note Set 8
Charles Demuth was born in 1883.
He was a Precisionist.
Precisionism emerged after WWI. It was the most popularduring the 1920s and the early 1930s
Precisionism celebrated the new American landscape of skyscrapers,bridges, and factories.
The Precisionists separated themselves from European influences.They wanted to show distinctly American subjects.
Demuth was also influenced by Cubism.
Cubism breaks things down to its simplest forms.
One of Demuth's most recognized paintings is titled I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold.
The Great FigureAmong the rain
and lightsI saw the figure 5
in goldon a redfire truckmovingtense
unheededto gong clangs
siren howlsand wheels rumblingthrough the dark city
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)Sour Grapes: A Book of Poems
Four Seas Company, Boston, 1921
Charles Demuth (1883-1935)The Figure 5 in Gold (1928)Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Saturation is howpure the hue is.
