Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Charles Demuth
Born: November 8, 1883
Died: October 23, 1935 (aged 51)
Bio: Charles Henry Buckius Demuth was an American watercolorist who turned to oils late in his career, developing a style of painting known as Precisionism.
Known for:
- I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold (1928)
- My Egypt (1927)
- Sail: In Two Movements (1919)
- Incense of a New Church (1921)
- Aucassin and Nicolette (1921)