Charles Demuth's exquisite still lifes demonstrate his mastery of watercolor. Beginning in the late 1910s through his death in 1935, Demuth painted flowers, fruits, and vegetables, subjects readily available to him at his Lancaster, Pennsylvania home and studio, to refine his techniques and experiment with abstraction and Precisionism. 

Fresh Focus will celebrate the homecoming of a major new acquisition in 2023, Apples (Peaches & Plums, A Double-Sided Work). This small-scale special exhibition of Demuth still lifes watercolors will highlight the Lancaster County produce he so often depicted while correlating Demuth’s interest in the subject matter with his diagnosis and experience with Diabetes. 

Image: Charles Demuth, Apples (Peaches & Plums, A Double-Sided Work), c. 1925, watercolor and graphite on paper, Demuth Museum Collection, purchased with funds from the Louise Steinman von Hess Foundation