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1954 PRECISIONISM CUBIST NY CENTRAL TRAIN TRACKS browse these categories for related items... All Items: Fine Art:Paintings:Oil:N. America:American: Pre 1960: item # 800835 Please refer to our stock # Precisionism when inquiring.
Shelton Gallery and Fine Silver 5133 Harding Road B-10, PMB #392 Nashville TN 37205 (615) 477-6221 Guest Book $1900 |
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| This arresting upstate New York Regionalist Precisionism painting conveys the grittiness of the urban train yard, in the early dawn hours just before the hustle and bustle begins, just as night is beginning to lift, in the years following World War Two. The painting is oil on canvas on board, signed and dated 1954 by R. Hasreiter. This industrial painting depicts the downtown area around the Central Train Terminal in upstate New York, with N.Y.C. clearly marked on the railroad car, symbolic initials for New York Central. It is executed by the well respected, hard to come by, collected whenever found locally, one time art teacher R. Hastreiter. Dimensions: 20 inches X 24 inches image size, 23 inches X 27.5 inches framed. Precisionism was an artistic movement that emerged in the United States after World War I and was at its height during the inter-War period, and continued into the early 60's. Influenced strongly by Cubism and Futurism, its main themes included industrialization and the modernization of the American landscape, which were depicted in precise, sharply defined, geometrical forms. There is a degree of reverence for the industrial age in the movement, but social commentary was not fundamental to the style. The degree of abstraction in the movement ranged considerably (Charles Sheeler's work was sometimes almost photorealistic). Elsie Driggs, Charles Demuth, Edward Hopper, Sheeler, and Georgia O'Keeffe were the most prominent Precisionists, but other artists are also associated with the hard-edged style of Precisionism. Curiously, the movement had no presence outside the United States. Georgia O'Keeffe 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. Cubist Realism is a style of representation in which an object is rendered in a realistic manner, but with an emphasis on its geometric form. An important part of American Modernism, it was inspired by the development of Cubism in Europe, and by the rapid growth of industrialization of North America in the wake of great innovators. In its emphasis on stylized angular forms it is also visually somewhat similar to Art Deco. | |||||||||||||
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