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"Take Another Look!" opens at Demuth Museum

Released: October 23, 2012

Lancaster, PA – The Demuth Museum is pleased to announce its next exhibition, Take Another Look! celebrating the 100th anniversary of Lancaster’s landmark exhibition, Loan Exhibition of Historical and Contemporary Portraits Illustrating the Evolution of Portraiture in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, held at the Woolworth Building in 1912. That exhibition was brought together by a large committee, and the Lancaster Historical Society along with the Iris Club helped to coordinate the efforts. The Demuth Museum is pleased to partner with LancasterHistory.org, in the creat...

Demuth Museum Announces 2012 Invitational Exhibition

Released: December 29, 2011

The Demuth Museum will open its 2012 exhibition schedule with the annual Invitational exhibition, showcasing the work of contemporary artists from Lancaster and the surrounding region who have been invited to exhibit new works based on a given theme. This year’s exhibition, titled "An Architect's Influence," takes its theme from Charles Demuth’s interaction with architects. Demuth experienced firsthand the architectural renovation of his family’s Tobacco Shop in 1917 by Lancaster native C. Emlen Urban. By this point in time Urban had already designed Lancaster’s Souther...

Kiehl and Christian Newswanger, Portrait of a Clown, c. 1952, oil on canvas, Private Collection.

Demuth Museum Showcases The Newswangers

Released: September 14, 2011

Lancaster, PA – The Demuth Museum is pleased to announce its current exhibition, Chasing Inspiration: The Art of the Newswangers, on view until November 27, 2011. The father and son artist duo of Vernon Kiehl Newswanger (1900-1980) and Christian Newswanger (1927-2005) may be best known for their depictions of the Amish way of life in Lancaster County. However, in examining these two artists separately, one will see that they each developed a unique perspective. Kiehl and Christian wrote and illustrated the well-known book Amishland in 1954; however, not much has been written about these ...

"Demuth in the City of Lights" Opens at the Demuth Museum

Released: July 11, 2011

The Demuth Museum is currently featuring the exhibition "Demuth in the City of Lights," on view through August 28, 2011. This exhibition brings together many of Charles Demuth’s works from his travels to Paris in the early twentieth century. American Modernist painter Charles Demuth (1883-1935) soaked up all Paris had to offer by visiting galleries, attending live performances, discussing ideas with fellow artists including Marsden Hartley and Marcel Duchamp, and drinking up the night-life. Upon returning home to Lancaster, he poured out his art work. Like other foreigners in Paris, Demu...