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Charles Demuth (November 9, 1883 - October 23,
1935) was an United States|American
precisionism|precisionist painter.

Demuth was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and
studied at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts.  While he was a student there he met
William Carlos Williams at his boarding house. 
They became fast friends for the rest of their
lives.

He later studied at Académie Colarossi and
Académie Julian in Paris, where he became a part
of the avant garde art scene. The Parisian
artistic community was accepting of Demuth's
homosexuality.

While he was in Paris he met Marsden Hartley by
walking up to a table of  American artists and
asking if he could join them.  He had a great
sense of humor, rich in double entendres and they
asked him to be a regular member of their group. 
Through Hartley he met Alfred Stieglitz and became
a member of the Stieglitz group.  In 1926, he had
a one-man show at a New York gallery run by his
friend Alfred Stieglitz.

Demuth suffered either an injury when he was four
years old or may have had polio or tuberculosis of
the hip that left him with a marked limp and
required him to use a cane.  He later developed
diabetes and was one of the first people in the
United States to receive insulin.  He spent most
of his life in frail health, and he died in
Lancaster at age 51 of complications from
diabetes.

His most famous painting, The Figure 5 in Gold,
was inspired by William Carlos Williams's poem The
Great Figure.  This is one of his posters to honor
other artists including one for Gertrude Stein and
one for Georgia O'Keeffe.