Charles DemuthAmerican, 1883–1935Boxer
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Washington, D.C., United States
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
Particulars
- Accession number
- 66.1316
In the catalog
Sources
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: the museum's own open data · fetched 17 hours ago
- Image: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden — CC0
Meanwhile, in the life of Charles Demuth
The whole life1907–1921
Encounters modernism on trips to Europe
On trips to Europe between 1907 and 1921 he is introduced to modernism; in Paris he studies at the Académie Colarossi and the Académie Julian and joins the avant-garde scene, where his homosexuality is accepted. Before that he had studied in Philadelphia, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Thomas Anshutz, where he befriended the future poet William Carlos Williams — the two remained close for life.
1907–1921
Meets Hartley, and through him Stieglitz
In Paris he walks up to a table of American artists and asks to join them, and so meets Marsden Hartley; his humour, rich in double entendres, makes him a regular member of their group. Through Hartley he meets Alfred Stieglitz and joins the Stieglitz group; he is also a regular guest at Gertrude Stein’s salon.
1909
A relationship with Robert Evans Locher
From 1909 onward he maintains a romantic relationship with Robert Evans Locher, an Art Deco interior decorator and stage designer.
