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search Charles Demuth, Aucassin and Nicolette, oil on canvas,
1921  Precisionism was the first indigenous modern-art movement
in the United States and an early American contribution to the
rise of Modernism. The Precisionist style, which first emerged
after World War I and was at the height of its popularity during
the 1920s and early 1930s, celebrated the new American landscape
of skyscrapers, bridges, and factories in a form that has also
been called "Cubist-Realism."[1] The term "Precisionism" was
first coined in the mid-1920s, possibly by Museum of Modern Art
director Alfred H. Barr.[2] Painters working in this style were
also known as the "Immaculates," which was the more commonly
used term at the time.[3] The stiffness of both art-historical
labels suggests the difficulties contemporary critics had in
attempting to characterize these artists.  An American
movement[edit]  Influenced by Cubism and Futurism, Precisionism
took for its main themes in