An important
figure in early 20th century American art, the painter and photographer Charles Sheeler was - along with Charles Demuth (1883 - 1935)- the leading
exponent of Precisionism, a style
of architectural
painting that combined the hi - tech aesthetics
of Futurism with the sharp geometrics
of Analytical Cubism in the depiction
of factories, power stations, warehouses and other industrial plant,
of the new technological age.
An early
exponent of Symbolism, and an influential
figure in French
painting of the 19th century, the artist Gustave Moreau was known for his visionary style
of mythological
painting and imaginative history
painting.