Still Life

William Preston Dickinson was an American modern artist, best known for his paintings of industrial subjects in the Precisionist style. But today, we present a still life in which he was experimenting with a variety of techniques and styles. His work showed influence from several avant-garde art movements, such as Cubism, Futurism, Fauvism, and Synchromism. His use of color was expressive, showing his influence by the Post-Impressionists and Fauves. His later work, though superficially in a Precisionist style, utilizes off-balance, expressionistic compositions with jagged diagonals. Some of his work in the 1920s was also observed by critics as having an Oriental influence, believed to derive from his studies of Japanese Ukiyo-e art.

Beautiful, isn't it?

We present today's work thanks to the Cleveland Museum of Art.  :)

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