Bermuda Sky and Sea with Boats. #1

by Charles Demuth

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Bermuda Sky and Sea with Boats. #1

Artist

Charles Demuth

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Painting - Watercolor On Paper

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Bermuda Sky and Sea with Boats. Artist: Charles Demuth (American, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1883-1935 Lancaster, Pennsylvania). Dimensions: 10 x 14 1/8 in. (25.4 x 35.9 cm). Date: ca. 1917.
In February 1917, Demuth arrived in Bermuda for a month or so, where he joined his friend, the painter Marsden Hartley, who was staying there for a longer time. In one of Hartley's letters to Stieglitz he describes the earthly paradise that Demuth was soon to see: "I like the suggestion of the orient in the voluptuousness of vegetation about - the large red hibiscus blossoms - ...and the sensuous banana trees are every where in evidence - It all suggests [sic] the gold - frankincense & myrth of the East for there is such opulence of perfume and of spicy fragrances and the people are at once gentle and kindly..." Demuth's stay in Bermuda was a great artistic success, with Hartley writing to Stieglitz: "D. has also done well & will take back things creditable.". Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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June 21st, 2019

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