Jan 16 2014
The Demuth Museum | Lancaster, PA
I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
Charles Demuths most famous piece of work.
Lancaster, PA is home to an artist that made one of the most memorable works of art in the 20th century. Charles Demuth was born in Lancaster, PA on November 8, 1883 right in Downtown Lancaster to Ferdinand and Augusta Demuth. The Demuth family established the oldest continuing tobacco shop and snuff factory in America. His family’s tobacco shop was such a success that Demuth never had to work as a teenager. Charles Demuth or “Deem” as his friends would call him went on to enroll at the Franklin & Marshall Academy to study so that he would be able to take over the family business. Once his parents noticed that he excelled in English, history and language they realized that their sons true passion was in art. From there on out Charles Demuth went on to different cities around the world to become a wonderful artist of Modernism.
The home in which most of his art works were made is now on display as a museum in Downtown Lancaster on East King st. Guests can take a tour of the house as well as see some of his impressive artworks. To see when you can visit the museum when in Lancaster County you can go to the Charles Demuth Museum website.
