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# Charles Demuth

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Charles Henry Buckius Demuth was an American painter who specialized in watercolors and turned to oils late in his career, developing a style of painting known as Precisionism.

##  Quotes by Charles Demuth

> [Paintings must be understood through the eyes, and that's not the word either. No writing, no talking, no singing, no dancing will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-demuth/paintings-must-be-understood-through-the-eyes-and-that-s-not-the-word/)

Charles Demuth

[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35e/charles-demuth-88445_dancing_paintings-must-be-understood-through-the_1221405.jpg)

> [Flowers and flames. And color. Color as color, not as volume or light - only as color.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-demuth/flowers-and-flames-and-color-color-as-color-not-as-volume-or-light/)

Charles Demuth

[Color](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4df/charles-demuth-88445_color_flowers-and-flames-and-color-color-as-co_2470033.jpg)

> [The last mad throb of red just as it turns green; the ultimate shriek of orange calling all the blues of heaven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-demuth/the-last-mad-throb-of-red-just-as-it-turns-green-the-ultimate-shriek/)

Charles Demuth

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/charles-demuth-88445_calling_the-last-mad-throb-of-red-just-as-it-tur_2902269.jpg)

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