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precisionist

precisionist

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An artist from 1920s America who paints factories and machines with clear lines
  • noun
  • /prɪˈsɪʒənɪst/
  • Archaic
translation icon : precisista
  • The precisionist movement celebrated the beauty of industrial architecture through clean, sharp lines.
  • precisionist dinner

Examples

  • Many precisionists were influenced by industrial themes.

  • Many precisionists focused on depicting urban landscapes that highlighted modernity and precision.

  • The museum displayed several works by a famous precisionist from the 1920s.

  • As a precisionist, she focused on painting factories and cityscapes with sharp, clear lines.

  • Many art historians consider Charles Demuth a leading precisionist of his time.

  • The precisionist style emphasizes clarity and geometric forms.

  • Charles Demuth was a prominent precisionist known for his detailed paintings of American life.

Surface Forms

precisionist singular
precisionists plural

Morphology

precisionist = precision (semi-transparent) = precision + ist

Formed from 'precision' + agentive suffix '-ist', but here labels a specific art movement; the specialized historical sense may not be directly inferable by average learners.

Etymology

Precisionist comes from precision 'exactness' and the ending -ist, like in artist, meaning 'a person'. It was used for a small American art movement whose painters liked very clear, 'precise' shapes and machine-like forms, so the name fits their neat, exact style.