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"...And the Home of the Brave," Charles Demuth, 1931.

Demuth (1883-1935) was an American painter who developed the Precisionist style, which centered on reducing objects to their component shapes, but also still depicted them comprehensibly, as opposed to Cubism, which could be puzzling to the viewer.

Here he depicts a cigar factory in his native Lancaster, PA. This was late in his life, when diabetes was taking its toll on him, and there's a sense of irony here as the promise of American freedom is overwhelmed by industrialization.

An openly gay man, Demuth painted an eyebrow-raising self-portrait of himself, nude, with other nude men at a "Turkish bath." Make of it what you will. There is a museum dedicated to him in Lancaster; I need to get up there sometime soon.

From the Art Institute of Chicago.

#Art #AmericanArt #Pride #GayArtists #QueerArtists #CharlesDemuth

Bermuda Landscape No. 2 by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #thebarnes https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/3192/

Bermuda: Stairway by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #barnescollection https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6952/

Lula and Alva Schön by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #barnesfoundation https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6547/

Bermuda Landscape No. 2 by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #barnesfoundation https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/3192/

In Vaudeville: Two Acrobat-Jugglers by Charles Demuth #thebarnes #charlesdemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6554/

Nana at the Races by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #barnescollection https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/7077/

Bermuda, Masts and Foliage by Charles Demuth #thebarnes #charlesdemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6520/

Bermuda Landscape No. 1 by Charles Demuth #thebarnes #charlesdemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/3193/

At Marshall's by Charles Demuth #thebarnes #charlesdemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6561/

Lulu and Alva Schön at Lunch by Charles Demuth #barnesfoundation #charlesdemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/5764/

Masts by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #thebarnes https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6297/

The Death of Countess Geschwitz by Charles Demuth #barnesfoundation #charlesdemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6559/

Musician by Charles Demuth #thebarnes #charlesdemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6543/

Count Muffat Discovers Nana with the Marquis de Chouard by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #barnesfoundation https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6947/

Piano Mover's Holiday by Charles Demuth #barnesfoundation #charlesdemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6293/

Untitled (Two Women and Three Children on the Beach) by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #barnescollection https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6778/

Two Women and Child on Beach by Charles Demuth #thebarnes #charlesdemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6486/

The online image doesn't do this fine art comic strip justice. The colors are so beautiful in person! #MastoArt #BarnesFoundation

No, No O God! by Charles Demuth #BarnesFocus #SeeingTheBarnes #CharlesDemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/4824

Two Acrobats in Red Tights by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #thebarnes https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6894/

Three Figures in Water by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #thebarnes https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/5647/

Lula and Alva Schön by Charles Demuth #barnescollection #charlesdemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6547/

Lulu and Alva Schön at Lunch by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #barnescollection https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/5764/

The Masque of the Red Death by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #barnescollection https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6566/

Bermuda Landscape No. 2 by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #thebarnes https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/3192/

Nana Visiting her Friend Satin by Charles Demuth #thebarnes #charlesdemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6524/

Nana and Count Muffat by Charles Demuth #barnescollection #charlesdemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6450/

Count Muffat Discovers Nana with the Marquis de Chouard by Charles Demuth #thebarnes #charlesdemuth https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6947/

Bermuda Landscape No. 1 by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #barnescollection https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/3193/

Three Figures in Water by Charles Demuth #charlesdemuth #barnescollection https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/5647/