Charles Sheeler
- Introduction
- Charles Sheeler (July 16, 1883 – May 7, 1965) was an American painter and commercial photographer. He is recognized as one of the founders of American modernism, developing a "quasi-photographic" style of painting known as Precisionism and becoming one of the master photographers of the 20th century.
- Wikidata
- Q624868
- Introduction
- Sheeler is best known as a painter of precise renderings of industrial forms, in an abstract-realist style, emphasizing abstract qualities and geometric shapes, using clear colors and smooth surfaces. He was a native of Philadelphia and studied at the School of Industrial Art and then at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He began a career in photography ca. 1912, working for architects, the Ford Motor Company, and other clients. He continued to create highly acclaimed paintings. His later works tended toward less literal renderings. American artist.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor
- Names
- Charles Sheeler, Charles R. Sheeler, Jr. Charles R. Sheeler, Charles Rettew Sheeler, Sheeler
- Ulan
- 500115325
Exhibitions
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511: The Vertical City
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
MoMA
Collection gallery
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520: Picturing America
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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502: Early Photography and Film
Through fall 2021
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Lincoln Kirstein’s Modern
Mar 17–Jun 15, 2019
MoMA
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Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection,
1909–1949 Dec 13, 2014–Apr 19, 2015
MoMA
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Charles Sheeler has
107 exhibitionsonline.
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Charles Sheeler Side of White Barn, Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1915
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Charles Sheeler Barn 1917
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Charles Sheeler Bucks County Barn 1914-17
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Charles Sheeler Doylestown House, Stairwell 1914-17
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Charles Sheeler Doylestown House, Stairway, Open Door 1914-17
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Charles Sheeler Barn Abstraction 1918
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Charles Sheeler African Sculpture 1917-18
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Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler Manhatta 1921
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Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler Manhatta 1921
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Charles Sheeler Tulips and Etruscan Vase 1922
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Charles Sheeler Self-Portrait 1923
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Charles Sheeler Face Mask (Gunye Ge), Dan style, Côte d’Ivoire 1923
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Charles Sheeler Yachts 1924
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Charles Sheeler Delmonico Building 1926
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Charles Sheeler Criss-Crossed Conveyors, River Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company 1927
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Charles Sheeler Bleeder Stacks, Ford Plant, Detroit 1927
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Charles Sheeler Ford Plant, River Rouge, Blast Furnace and Dust Catcher November 1927
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Charles Sheeler Industrial Series #1 1928
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Charles Sheeler Chartres Cathedral 1929
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Charles Sheeler Buttresses, Chartres Cathedral 1929
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Charles Sheeler American Landscape 1930
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Charles Sheeler Cactus and Photographer's Lamp, New York 1931
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Charles Sheeler Bucks County Barn 1932
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Charles Sheeler Of Domestic Utility 1933
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Charles Sheeler Stairwell, Williamsburg 1935
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Charles Sheeler Arrangement 1938
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Charles Sheeler Boulder Dam 1939
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Charles Sheeler Wheels 1939
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Charles Sheeler Industrial Architecture 1949
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Charles Sheeler Rockefeller Center, New York 1950
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Charles Sheeler Skyscrapers, New York 1950
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Charles Sheeler Skyscrapers, New York 1950
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Charles Sheeler Skyscrapers, New York 1950
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Charles Sheeler Skyscrapers, New York 1950
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Charles Sheeler United Nations Secretariat 1951
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Charles Sheeler Shaker House, Lebanon, New York 1951
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Charles Sheeler Beech Tree 1951
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Charles Sheeler Beech Tree 1951
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Charles Sheeler Meta-Mold, Cedarburg, Wisconsin 1952
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