America, 1920's to 1930's
Precisionism (also known as Cubist Realism) is a style of representation
in which an object is rendered realistically, but with an emphasis on its
geometrical form. An important development in American Modernism, it was
inspired by the development of
Cubism
in Europe.
Charles Sheeler and
Charles Demuth
are most closely associated with Precisionism. The urban works of
Georgia O'Keeffe
are also highly typical of this style. Dealing as it did with pure form more
than with narrative or subject matter, Precisionism gradually evolved towards
Abstraction, and faded away as an important influence.