Charles Goeller, born in 1901 in Irvington, New Jersey, came of age as the First World War ended, part of a generation that called itself modern. He trained as an architect, and then moved to Paris in the 1920s for training in art, study funded by a generous grandfather. When Goeller began to paint, the clean geometries of modern cities were well within his grasp. He created dreamlike images distinguished by flat planes and precise lines. Indeed, his work was part of a uniquely American movement—Precisionism. This exhibition focuses on Goeller’s years in Paris, which saw him painting suburban landscapes and trompe-l’oeil tablescapes. Goeller died in 1955, at only 53. —Clara Molot