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Charles Sheeler
American
1883–1965
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Edward Steichen. Charles Sheeler, West Redding, Connecticut. c. 1932. Gelatin silver print, 17 1/2 x 13 7/8" (44.6 x 35.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Samuel M. Kootz. © 2014 The Estate of Edward Steichen/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York - Alternate Name(s) Charles Rettrew Sheeler, Jr. (Birth Name)
Meeting Points
- Cultural Hubs New York
- Schools Levy Gallery, 1931–49
- Exhibitions Film und Foto, 1929
- Publications Vogue, 1892–1949 Photography, 1839–1937, 1937
Artist Chronology
| July 16, 1883 |
Born
At location: Charles Sheeler
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Philadelphia |
| 1903–06 |
Studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
At location: Charles Sheeler
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Philadelphia |
| 1904–05 |
Travels with his teacher William Merritt Chase
At location: Charles Sheeler
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Spain London The Netherlands |
| 1908 |
Travels with his family and Martin Schamberg
At location: Charles Sheeler
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Paris Italy |
| November 1908 |
First solo exhibition, at McClees Gallery
Participant: Charles Sheeler
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Philadelphia |
| November 1908 |
Group exhibition at William MacBeth Gallery
Participant: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| 1910–12 |
Begins a career as a commercial photographer, specializing in architectural photography
At location: Charles Sheeler
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Doylestown |
| 1911 |
Charles Sheeler begins corrrespondence with Alfred Stieglitz
At location: Charles Sheeler
Affiliated: Alfred Stieglitz
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Doylestown |
| February 17–March 15, 1913 |
International Exhibition of Modern Art, or The Armory Show
Participant: Constantin Brancusi, Charles Sheeler
Visitor: Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Paul Strand
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New York |
| 1916 |
Begins working as an assistant and staff photographer at Marius de Zayas's Modern Gallery
At location: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| 1917 |
Three Photographers at the Modern Gallery
Participant: Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand
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New York |
| 1919–65 |
Lives in the greater New York area
At location: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| 1919 |
Publishes in the New York Dada magazine TNT
Contributor: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| 1920 |
Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler make the six-minute film Manhatta (originally titled New York the Magnificent)
At location: Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand
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New York |
| February 1920 |
Solo exhibition of paintings, drawings, and photographs at the De Zayas Gallery
Participant: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| 1922 |
Solo exhibition at the Daniel Gallery
Participant: Charles Sheeler
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| 1922 |
Charles Sheeler meets Edward Weston
At location: Charles Sheeler, Edward Weston
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New York |
| October 1922 through spring 1923 |
Edward Weston travels to New York to visit Alfred Stieglitz; meets Clarence H. White, Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler, and Gertrude Käsebier
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New York |
| 1923 |
Charles Sheeler's review in The Arts magazine of Alfred Stieglitz's work leads to the end of their friendship
Contributor: Charles Sheeler
Affiliated: Alfred Stieglitz
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New York |
| 1923 |
Becomes the staff photographer and exhibition manager of the Whitney Studio Club
At location: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| July 1923 |
Final Dada event, Soirée du coeur à barbe
Includes screenings of Hans Richter's Rhythmus 23, Man Ray's Le Retour à la raison, and Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler's Manhatta
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Paris |
| 1924 |
Solo exhibition of paintings and drawings at the Whitney Studio Club
Participant: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| 1926–29 |
Works as staff photographer for Condé Nast; publishes photographs in Vogue and Vanity Fair
Contributor: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| 1926 |
Exhibits photographs at the Art Center
Participant: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| October–November 1927 |
Photographs the Ford Motor Company's River Rouge plant for the advertising agency N. W. Ayer & Son
At location: Charles Sheeler
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River Rouge |
| 1929 |
Travels to Chartres, Stuttgart, and Bavaria
At location: Charles Sheeler
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Chartres Bavaria Stuttgart |
| May 18–July 7, 1929 |
Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds Film und Foto (FiFo) at Städtische Ausstellungshallen
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich Im Lichthof des Ehemaligen Kunstgewerbemuseums, Prinz-Albrechs-Strasse 7, Berlin Stadtmuseum, Danzig Österreichisches Museum, Vienna Agram, Zagreb Münchner Bund/Verein Ausstellungspark München E.V. (as part of Internationale Ausstellung. Das Lichtbild), Munich Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo Asahi Shimbun, Osaka
Participant: Berenice Abbott, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Maurice Tabard, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, George Hoyningen-Huene, Gustav Klutsis, Karl Blossfeldt, Heinz Loew, Erich Comeriner, Semyon Fridlyand, Roman Karmen, Eli Lotar, Oskar Nerlinger, Robert Petschow, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Yva (Else Simon), Willy Zielke, Irene Bayer-Hecht, Hans Finsler, Cami Stone
Organizer: El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston, Dziga Vertov
Visitor: Alexander Hackenschmied
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Stuttgart |
| November 1930 |
Photography 1930, organized by Lincoln Kerstein, at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art
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Cambridge |
| 1931 |
Solo exhibition at Downtown Gallery; thereafter maintains an exclusive relationship with the gallery
Participant: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| May 3–31, 1932 |
Murals by American Painters and Photographers at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
| March 17–April 18, 1937 |
Photography: 1839–1937, organized by Beaumont Newhall, at The Museum of Modern Art
Participant: Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Walker Evans, Florence Henri, André Kertész, George Platt Lynes, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkácsi, Roger Parry, George H. Seeley, Peter Sekaer, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Maurice Tabard, Edward Weston, Jacques-André Boiffard, Robert Demachy
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New York |
| 1938 |
Constance Rourke's biography Charles Sheeler, Artist in the American Tradition is published using Sheeler's autobiographical notes
Affiliated: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| 1939 |
Creates the Power series of paintings for Fortune magazine
At location: Charles Sheeler
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New York Pennsylvania Tennessee Alabama Colorado |
| February 18–October 29, 1939 and May 25–September 29, 1940 |
Golden Gate International Exposition
Visitor: Anne W. Brigman
Organizer: Johan Hagemeyer
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San Francisco |
| May 10–September 20, 1939 |
Art in Our Time: 10th Anniversary Exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
| October 2–November 1, 1939 |
Charles Sheeler at The Museum of Modern Art
Participant: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| December 31, 1940–January 12, 1941 |
Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Aesthetics at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
| 1941 |
Charles Sheeler and Edward Weston collaborate
At location: Charles Sheeler, Edward Weston
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Connecticut |
| March 12–April 7, 1941 |
A New Realism: Crawford, Demuth, Spencer, Sheeler at the Cincinnati Art Museum
Participant: Ralston Crawford, Charles Sheeler
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Cincinnati |
| October 29, 1941–February 1, 1942 |
Images of Freedom at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
| 1942–45 |
Senior Research Fellow in photography at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
At location: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| 1944 |
Solo exhibition of paintings at the Dayton Art Insitute
Participant: Charles Sheeler
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Dayton |
| June 20, 1945–June 23, 1946 |
The Museum Collection of Photographs at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
| 1946 |
Artist-in-residence at Phillips Academy
At location: Charles Sheeler
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Andover |
| April 9–May 19, 1946 |
Pioneers of Modern Art in America at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Participant: Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| June 10–August 31, 1947 |
Alfred Stieglitz Exhibition: His Collection at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
| October 4–30, 1947 |
Five Prodigal Sons: Former Philadelphia Artists Ralston Crawford, Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Julian Levi, Charles Sheeler at the Coleman Art Gallery
Participant: Ralston Crawford, Charles Sheeler
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Philadelphia |
| 1948 |
Kodak commissions him to photograph Shaker buildings and the United Nations building
At location: Charles Sheeler
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New York |
| July 27–September 26, 1948 |
50 Photographs by 50 Photographers at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
| 1950 |
What Is a Modern Photograph? symposium at The Museum of Modern Art
Participant: Charles Sheeler
Organizer: Edward Steichen
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New York |
| 1954 |
Charles Sheeler visits Edward Weston
At location: Charles Sheeler, Edward Weston
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Carmel |
| May 7, 1965 |
Dies
At location: Charles Sheeler
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Dobbs Ferry |
