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- George Copeland Ault (October 11, 1891 – December 30, 1948) was an American painter. He was loosely grouped with the Precisionist movement and, though influenced by Cubism and Surrealism, his most lasting work is of a realist nature. Ault was born in Cleveland, Ohio into a wealthy family and spent his youth in London, England, where he studied at the Slade School of Art and St. John's Wood School of Art. Returning to the United States in 1911, he spent the rest of his life in New York and New Jersey. His personal life henceforth was very troubled. He became alcoholic during the 1920s, after the death of his mother in a mental institution. Each of his three brothers committed suicide, two after the loss of the family fortune in the 1929 stock market crash. In 1937, Ault moved to Woodstock, New York and tried to put his difficulties in the past. Depending on his wife for income, he created some of his finest paintings during this time, but had difficulty selling them. In 1948, he apparently committed suicide by drowning. In his lifetime, his works were displayed at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Addison Gallery of American Art, among others. Ault worked in oil, watercolor, and pencil. He is often grouped with Precisionist painters such as Charles Sheeler and Ralston Crawford because of his unadorned representations of architecture and urban landscapes. However, the ideological aspects of Precisionism and the unabashed modernism of his influences are not so apparent in his work—for instance, he once referred to skyscrapers as the "tombstones of capitalism" and considered the industrialized American city "the Inferno without the fire" (Fryd, 57). Ault painted what he saw around him, simplifying detail slightly into flat shapes and planes, and portraying the underlying geometric patterns of structures. An analytical painter and ultimately a realist, he was especially noted for his realistic portrayal of light—especially the light of darkness—for he commonly painted nighttime scenes. Of his later paintings, such as January, Full Moon; Black Night; August Night; and Bright Light at Russell's Corners (pictured), The New York Times wrote:
- George Ault fue un pintor estadounidense. Nnació en Cleveland, Ohio, en el seno de una familia acomodada y pasó su juventud en Londres donde estudió en las escuela de Arte de Slade y St John's Wood; regresó a los Estados Unidos en 1911, y pasó el resto de su vida en Nueva York y Nueva Jersey. Su vida personal fue muy problemática, se convirtió en alcohólico durante la década de 1920 después de la muerte de su madre en una institución mental. Cada uno de sus tres hermanos se suicidó, dos después de la pérdida de la fortuna familiar en 1929 en el mercado de valores. En 1937, se trasladó a Woodstock, Nueva York y trató de olvidar las dificuiltades de su pasado. Dependiendo de los ingresos de su esposa, creó algunas de sus mejores obras durante esta época pero tuvo dificultades para venderlas. En 1948, se suicidó al parecer por ahogamiento. Durante su vida sus obras se exhibieron en el Whitney Museum of American Art, la galería Addison de Arte Americano de Andover, entre otros. Trabajó en óleo, acuarela y lápiz. Se encuadra a menudo en el Precisionismo con pintores como Charles Sheeler y Ralston Crawford a causa de sus representaciones puras de arquitectura y paisajes urbanos. Sin embargo, los aspectos ideológicos de Precisionism y su desvergonzado modernismo de sus influencias no son tan evidentes en su trabajo. Pintó lo que veía a su alrededor simplificando los detalles en planos y superficies lisas y retratando los patrones geométricos de las estructuras. Era un pintor analítico y al final realista, sobre todo cuando pintaba la luz y especialmente la luz nocturna. Algunas de sus obras son: Anne (1931), Studio Interior (1938), January, Full Moon, Black Night, August Night, y Bright Light at Russell's Corners (1946).
- Durante la sua vita, i suoi lavori furono esposti al Whitney Museum of American Art e all'Addison Gallery of American Art, Massachusetts, tra gli altri. Ault lavorava con la tecnica della pittura ad olio, con la tecnica dell'acquerello, e del disegno. Viene annoverato tra i pittori del precisionismo insieme a Charles Sheeler e Ralston Crawford per le sue disadorne rappresentazioni di architettura e paesaggi urbani. In ogni caso gli aspetti idealisti e futuristi del precisionismo non sono così evidenti nel suo lavoro; una volta si riferì ai grattacieli chiamandoli "tomba del capitalismo" Pittore analitico, è ricordato specialmente per la sua capacità di rappresentare realisticamente la luce, che risalta specialmente in scene al buio, infatti ha dipinto soprattutto scene notturne. Delle sue ultime opere, quali: January, Full Moon; Black Night; August Night; e Bright Light at Russell's Corners il The New York Times ha scritto:
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- George Copeland Ault (October 11, 1891 – December 30, 1948) was an American painter. He was loosely grouped with the Precisionist movement and, though influenced by Cubism and Surrealism, his most lasting work is of a realist nature. Ault was born in Cleveland, Ohio into a wealthy family and spent his youth in London, England, where he studied at the Slade School of Art and St. John's Wood School of Art.
- George Ault fue un pintor estadounidense. Nnació en Cleveland, Ohio, en el seno de una familia acomodada y pasó su juventud en Londres donde estudió en las escuela de Arte de Slade y St John's Wood; regresó a los Estados Unidos en 1911, y pasó el resto de su vida en Nueva York y Nueva Jersey. Su vida personal fue muy problemática, se convirtió en alcohólico durante la década de 1920 después de la muerte de su madre en una institución mental.
- Durante la sua vita, i suoi lavori furono esposti al Whitney Museum of American Art e all'Addison Gallery of American Art, Massachusetts, tra gli altri. Ault lavorava con la tecnica della pittura ad olio, con la tecnica dell'acquerello, e del disegno. Viene annoverato tra i pittori del precisionismo insieme a Charles Sheeler e Ralston Crawford per le sue disadorne rappresentazioni di architettura e paesaggi urbani.
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