Elsie Driggs, Charles Demuth, Edward Hopper, Charles Sheeler, and Georgia O'Keeffe were prominent Precisionists. George Ault, Ralston Crawford, Preston Dickinson, Louis Lozowick, Gerald Murphy, Niles Spencer, and Joseph Stella were other artists associated with the hard-edged style of Precisionism. The movement had no presence outside the United States, and although no manifesto was ever created, the artists themselves were a close group who were active throughout the 1920s and 1930s, and exhibited together. Georgia O'Keeffe, however, remained connected to Precisionist ideals until the 1960s, although her best-known works are not closely related to Precisionism. Her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz, was a highly regarded mentor for the group.
Precisionist artists have also been referred to as "Cubist-Realists", "Sterilists", and "Immaculates". Their art would have an influence on the magic realism and pop art movements.
References
Further reading
- Friedman, M. (1960). The precisionist view in American art. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center.
- Harnsberger, R.S. (1992). Ten precisionist artists : annotated bibliographies [Art Reference Collection no. 14]. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
- Precisionism in America, 1915-1941 : reordering reality. (1994). New York: Abrams.
- Tsujimoto, K. (1982). Images of America : precisionist painting and modern photography. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
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