Modernism

These works move between quiet landscape and sharp geometric abstraction, with figures reduced to clean lines and flat planes of color. Buildings, barns, flowers, and portraits all get pared down to their essential shapes, as in "Berlin Abstraction" by Marsden Hartley, favoring structure over detail. Even the later pop-inflected pieces keep that same flattened, graphic clarity.

Trees and Barns (Bermuda), 1917 by Charles Demuth
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Watercolor still life depicting an eggplant with green leaves and white squash blossoms against a neutral background.
Charles Demuth
Still Life with Eggplant and Summer Squash
1927 · opaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on wove paper

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A modernist painting depicting a golden dome building with red and white geometric structures against a tricolor sky in red, white, and blue.
Charles Demuth
Welcome to Our City
1921 · oil

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A seated nude figure in an interior space rendered in watercolor with brown, yellow, and gray tones, surrounded by architectural elements and sketched forms.
Charles Demuth
Eight O'Clock (Morning) #2
1917 · transparent watercolor over graphite on wove paper

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Abstract mixed-media artwork featuring stylized figures, geometric shapes, and a large brown head in muted tones of beige, brown, and blue.
Charles Demuth
Eight O'Clock (Evening)
transparent watercolor over graphite on wove paper

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Watercolor painting depicting yellow pears and red plums arranged with white floral petals and a blue bottle against a neutral background.
Charles Demuth
Pears and Plums, 1924
watercolor and graphite on paper

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Watercolor painting of yellow and red flowers with green stems against a blue and white background.
Charles Demuth
Spray of Flowers

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Abstract watercolor composition featuring geometric shapes in yellow, blue, red, and green on cream paper, suggesting fragmented trees and buildings.
Charles Demuth
Trees and Barns (Bermuda), 1917
watercolor over graphite

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A circular artwork featuring a large orange star with a yellow number five and crescent moon, surrounded by yellow text reading "American Dream" and "No. 5" against a dark background.
Robert Indiana
The Demuth American Dream No. 5 (Detail), 1963
1963 · oil

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Watercolor painting depicting an eggplant and onions with leaves against a pale background using browns, yellows, and grays.
Charles Demuth
Eggplant
1922 · Watercolor over graphite pencil underdrawing on medium-weight, medium-textured, off-white wove paper

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Watercolor painting of yellow jonquils with green stems and blue iris flowers against a pale beige background.
Charles Demuth
Jonquils
opaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on wove paper

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White calla lilies with green stems and leaves against a deep blue background in a botanical study composition.
Charles Demuth
Calla Lilies (Bert Savoy)
1927 · oil

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Watercolor depicting angular houses with white-trimmed windows and prominent red chimneys against a cloudy sky, rendered in muted browns, grays, and earth tones.
Charles Demuth
Red Chimneys
1918 · Watercolor and graphite pencil on medium-weight, medium-textured, off-white, wove paper

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Industrial structures including a tall chimney, red water towers, and white storage tanks against a light background with power lines.
Charles Demuth
Buildings
1930 · Tempera and plumbago on composition board

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A cross-shaped arrangement of five circular emblems featuring a gold star and the number 5 in red and yellow on orange backgrounds.
Robert Indiana
The Demuth American Dream No. 5
1963 · oil

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Abstract collage featuring overlapping geometric white and tan shapes with red accents and a Bermuda flag at top.
Charles Demuth
Monument, Bermuda
1917 · Watercolor on paper

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Cubist painting depicting a church steeple with surrounding buildings in geometric forms, rendered in beige, gray, white, and black tones.
Charles Demuth
After Sir Christopher Wren
1920 · watercolor and graphite on board

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Cubist urban street scene depicting tall buildings with windows, signs, and architectural elements in muted tones of beige, gray, brown, and rust.
Charles Demuth
Rue du singe qui pêche
1921 · Tempera on academy board

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A large golden number 5 dominates a geometric composition with red, black, and beige angular shapes and circular forms.
Charles Demuth
I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
1928 · oil

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Wild roses with pink and white petals and yellow centers on dark green stems, wrapped in light blue paper against a reddish-brown background.
Marsden Hartley
Wild Roses
1942 · oil on hardboard

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Still life arrangement featuring fruits in a bowl and goblet surrounded by patterned textiles in red, yellow, black, and green tones.
Marsden Hartley
Still Life No. 1
1912 · oil

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Rolling mountains with layered slopes in yellows, greens, and browns beneath a blue sky with white clouds.
Marsden Hartley
Mountains No. 22
1930 · oil

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Still life arrangement with fish, lemons, onion, bowl of fruit, and leafy plant in black pitcher on cream table against dark red background.
Marsden Hartley
New England Still Life
1928 · oil

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White houses with dark windows clustered beneath a tall tower against a dark blue sky with tan angular forms.
Marsden Hartley
Movement No. 5, Provincetown Houses
1916 · oil and charcoal on paperboard

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Abstract geometric composition featuring a central cross, sun motifs, and stylized wings in blue, red, yellow, and white.
Marsden Hartley
Painting Number 49, Berline
1914 · oil

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