George Ault

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George Ault was an American painter known for his haunting, meticulously structured depictions of urban and rural scenes that exemplify the Precisionist style of early 20th-century art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artist
human
painter
artHistoricalContext American Precisionism NERFINISHED
American Scene painting NERFINISHED
artisticStyle Precisionist NERFINISHED
associatedWith American modernism NERFINISHED
early 20th-century American art
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
creativeFocus architectural subjects
industrial landscapes
night scenes
rural scenes
urban scenes
familyName Ault NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork painting
genre American modernist painting
rural landscape painting
urban landscape painting
givenName George NERFINISHED
influencedBy Precisionist concerns with geometry and order
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Precisionism NERFINISHED
name George Ault NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableFor depictions of rural American landscapes
haunting depictions of urban scenes
meticulously structured compositions
notableWork paintings of rural barns and farm buildings
paintings of urban American streetscapes
occupation painter
timePeriod early 20th century
interwar period
usesMedium drawing
oil paint
visualMotif barns
buildings
empty streets
roads
sharp-edged shadows
telephone poles
workCharacteristic haunting atmosphere
precise geometric structure
quiet, deserted streets and buildings
simplified architectural forms
strong contrasts of light and shadow

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Precisionism hasNotableArtist George Ault