Charles Demuth * Whitney Museum

“Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth’s Late Paintings of Lancaster

                       cdemuth-whitney-need-date.jpg

Considered an example of the “Precisionist” movement of the 1930’s, 6 of Charles Demuth’s paintings (1883-1935), along with several drawings and water colors, all representing the place where he grew up - Lancaster, PA - will be on view from February 23, 2008 - April 27, 2008.

Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Avenue, NYC
General Information: 1 (800) WHITNEY
http://www.whitney.org/www/exhibition/index.jsp

(Image:  Buildings, Lancaster, 1930, Oil and graphite on composition board)

BTW - “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.”

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/precisionism.html

No Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL

Leave a comment