Charles Demuth was an American painter who lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and helped start the Precisionism art movement. He had a relatively short life due to poor health that may have included childhood injury or polio, and later developed diabetes. Demuth is known for his paintings of buildings and objects that used precise geometrical forms to explore industrialization, as influenced by Cubism and Futurism. His most famous work, "I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold," was inspired by a William Carlos Williams poem and showed the influence of his earlier building paintings through its focus on geometric shapes and multiple perspectives.

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Demuth Typography

2. Charles Demuth (1883 – 1935)
 Lived and worked in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
 His house is now a museum.
 Oil painter
 Known for starting the art movement
Precisionism
 His life was relatively short due to a history of
poor health.
 Walked with a cane. He may have had a
childhood injury or polio.
 Developed diabetes as an adult. Was one
of the first to receive insulin in the US.

3. Demuth had 4 periods of art making
Watercolor Still Lifes Figure Studies Object Portraits

4. Buildings- What do you notice?
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Precisionism

5. Precisionism
An American movement, it was influenced by Cubism and Futurism,
Precisionism explored industrialization and the modernization of the
American landscape. The structures of buildings and objects are
precise, sharply defined geometrical forms.
Futurist- Celebrate the energy of
new technology
Cubist- explore shapes and looking
at objects from multiple
perspectives
Precisionist-
Combing the
ideas of futurist
(technology) &
cubist (shapes
and
perspective)

6. His most famous work
 I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold. 1928
 Inspired by a poem by William Carlos
Williams.
What do you see in the painting?
How is this painting still related to his
building paintings?

7. "The Great Figure," by his friend
William Carlos Williams:
Among the rain
and lights
I saw the figure 5
in gold
on a red
firetruck
moving
tense
unheeded
to gong clangs
siren howls
and wheels rumbling
through the dark city.

8. Typography is art…a way to create deeper
meaning for the builder.
Juan GrisJasper JohnsCharles Demuth Stuart Davis

9. Typography is art…a way to deliver a
message to the viewer.
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Shepard FaireyBarbara Kruger Banksy

10. General Terms
Typography
The design of characters that make up
text and display type, the way the
characters are presented.
Font
A collection of characters with a
specific style, size, and line width.
Serif
A stroke that marks the end of a
character.
Sans Serif- characters without the
stroke.

11. 3 Forms of Typographical
Fonts
Gothic
All letters have uniform
elements, may contain
serifs.
Roman
Alllettershavethickandthinelements,
maycontainserifs.
TextLetters that are ornamental, have thick and
thin elements, and contain serifs.

12. Practice the 3 Forms
try different letters, characters, &numbers
Gothic
All letters have uniform
elements, may contain
serifs.
Roman
Alllettershavethickandthinelements,
maycontainserifs.
TextLetters that are ornamental, have thick and
thin elements, and contain serifs.

13. Set up your
drawing
1. Choose 4 letters and numbers, and 1
character using the 3 forms of
typography (Gothic, Roman, and Textual)
and 1 with serifs.
2. Draw each large to fill the page
according to the rules for composition.
a. Organize 1 large as a point of
emphasis.
b. Change directions to create rhythm
and variety.
c. Use overlapping across the
composition.
d. Go off each the edge of the page.