American modernism
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American modernism, much like the modernism movement in general, is a trend of philosophical thought arising from the widespread changes in culture and society in the age of modernity. American modern
Alfred Henry Maurer, An Arrangement, 1901
Morgan Russell, Cosmic Synchromy, 1913-1914 Synchromism
Marsden Hartley, Portrait of a German Officer, 1914
Oscar Bluemner, Form and Light, Motif in West New Jersey, 1914
Precisionism
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Precisionism was a modernist art movement that emerged in the United States after World War I. Influenced by Cubism, Purism, and Futurism, Precisionist artists reduced subjects to their essential geom
American modernism
…the modern era in America, as dozens of painters were active at the beginning of the 20th century. It was the time when the first cubist landscapes (Precisionism), still-life and portraits appeared; bright colors entered the palettes of painters, and the first non-objective paintings were displayed in the…
Charles Demuth, Aucassin and Nicolette, oil on canvas, 1921
Charles Demuth, I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold, 1928, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Paul Strand, Wall Street, 1915
Morton Schamberg, Telephone, 1916, oil on canvas, Columbus Museum of Art