Artist: Charles Sheeler (1883 - 1965)
Nationality: American
Movement: Precisionism
Media: Painting,Photography
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Biography:
Initially a painter, Charles Sheeler adopted photography in 1912 to help his finances. He photographed the buildings of Philadelphia architects to make a living while exhibiting his paintings and photographs on the side. In 1919, Sheeler moved to New York where he collaborated with Paul Strand on the film “Manhatta.”

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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J. Paul Getty Museum -
Wheels
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Charles Sheeler Still Life oil on canvas 1925
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Americana, 1931 Charles Sheeler (American, 1883-1965)Oil on canvas; H. 48, W. 36 in. (121.9 x
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Doylestown House - The Stove
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Charles Sheeler Architectural Cadences Number Four Screenprint 1954
Museum of Fine Arts -
Charles Sheeler, American, 1883-1965 Lady of the Sixties 1925 Oil on canvas 61.28 x 35.24
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Criss-Crossed Conveyors, River Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company, 1927 Charles Sheeler (American, 1883-1965)Depicted: Michigan, United
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Charles Sheeler - The Upstairs 1938 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Charles Sheeler - Catastrophe #1 1944 tempera on wove pape Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Charles Sheeler, American, 1883-1965 View of New York 1931 Oil on canvas 121.92 x 92.39
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Charles Sheeler, American, 1883-1965 Nude 1920 Graphite pencil on paper 11.5 x 15.2 cm (4
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Charles Sheeler - Drive Wheels 1939 gelatin silver print Smith College Museum of Art American
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Charles Sheeler - Totems in Steel 1935 gouache on paper Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Charles Sheeler - Rolling Power 1939 oil on canvas Smith College Museum of Art American
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Charles Sheeler - Shadow and Substance 1950 oil on canvas Norton Museum of Art American
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Charles Sheeler - Suspended Power 1939 oil on canvas Dallas Museum of Art American
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Charles Sheeler - Church Street El 1920 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Charles Sheeler - Amoskeag Canal 1948 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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Charles Sheeler - Classic Landscape 1931 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Charles Sheeler, American, 1883-1965 Fugue 1940 Tempera and graphite on gessoed Masonite 35.56 x 43.18
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Charles Sheeler - Connecticut Barn and Landscape 1934 watercolor on paper Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Charles Sheeler - Doylestown House - The Stove 1917 gelatin silver print National Gallery of Art American
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Charles Sheeler - Doylestown House - Stairwell 1917 gelatin silver print National Gallery of Art American
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Charles Sheeler - American Landscape 1930 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art American
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Charles Sheeler, American, 1883-1965 On a Shaker Theme 1956 Oil on canvas 58.42 x 73.98
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Charles Sheeler, American, 1883-1965 Wheels 1939 Photograph, gelatin silver print Image/Sheet:16.51 x 24.13 cm (6
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Charles Sheeler - Home Sweet Home 1931 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Charles Sheeler, American, 1883-1965 Ore Into Iron 1953 Oil on canvas 61.28 x 46.04 cm
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Charles Sheeler, American, 1883-1965 New England Irrelevancies 1953 Oil on canvas 73.66 x 58.42 cm
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Charles Sheeler, American, 1883-1965 Three White Tulips 1912 Oil on panel 34.92 x 26.67 cm
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Charles Sheeler, American, 1883-1965 Spring Interior 1927 Oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.82 cm (30
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Charles Sheeler, American, 1883-1965 Blue Ridge Mountains 1937 Opaque watercolor (tempera?) with graphite under drawing
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Charles Sheeler, American, 1883-1965 On the Theme of Farm Buildings #2 1947 Opaque watercolors with
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Side of a White Barn
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Jacques Charles Bar Charles Rollin 18th - 19th century
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Philippe de Champaigne - Charles II 1653 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Richard Verbrick - Charles Cox 1835 watercolor on ivory Cincinnati Art Museum American
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John Smibert, American (born in Scotland), 1688-1751 Judge Charles Chambers 1743 Oil on canvas 121.6
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Pierre Charles Ingouf Paul-Charles Lorry 18th - 19th century
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Charles Turner Charles John, Crown Prince of Sweden 18th - 19th century
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Cham (AmÈdÈe Charles Henri de NoÈ) Actualites: Entrvue de Charles-quint et de Francois 1er, au pre-catelan... Lithograph 19th century
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Charles Dana Gibson Other People (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sonsä, 1911) book with reproductions of drawings 1911
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Charles Dana Gibson London (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1897) book with reproductions of various media 1897
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Joseph Goodhue Chandler - Charles H. Sisson 1850 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Pieter Cristoffel Wonder - Charles Thompson c. 1818 oil on wood panel Cleveland Museum of Art Dutch
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Etienne Carjat - Charles Baudelaire 1861 woodburytype National Gallery of Art French
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Robert Feke - Charles Apthorp 1748 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Charles Hobson Frontispiece illustration in the book Shipwreck Stories by Charles Hobson (San Francisco: Pacific Editions, 1996) photogravure 1996
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Charles Geoffson D. JOS… ZORILLA Lithograph 19th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Conquest of Naples by Charles of Durazzo, cassone panel, 1407? Master of Charles of
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Joseph H. Haske Charles Haley with Dog oil on canvas 1830 - 1840
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Charles Hobson Illustration for the fifth story in in the book Shipwreck Stories by Charles Hobson ( San Francisco: Pacific Editions, 1996) photogravure under mylar drawing 1996
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Charles Hobson Illustration for the first story in in the book Shipwreck Stories by Charles Hobson (San Francisco: Pacific Editions, 1996) photogravure under mylar drawing 1996
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Charles Hobson Illustration for the second story in in the book Shipwreck Stories by Charles Hobson ( San Francisco: Pacific Editions, 1996) photogravure under mylar drawing 1996
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Charles Hobson Illustration for the third story in in the book Shipwreck Stories by Charles Hobson ( San Francisco: Pacific Editions, 1996) photogravure under mylar drawing 1996
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Charles Holroyd A Yew Tree on Glarawara Etching 1903
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Charles Hobson Illustration for the fourth story in in the book Shipwreck Stories by Charles Hobson ( San Francisco: Pacific Editions, 1996) photogravure under mylar drawing 1996
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Charles Hobson Illustration for the seventh story oin in the book Shipwreck Stories by Charles Hobson ( San Francisco: Pacific Editions, 1996) photogravure under mylar drawing 1996
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Charles Hobson Illustration for the sixth story in in the book Shipwreck Stories by Charles Hobson ( San Francisco: Pacific Editions, 1996) photogravure under mylar drawing 1996
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Antoine-Louis Barye - Charles VII the Victorious on Horseback c. 1844-1860 bronze National Gallery of Art French
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Thomas Crawford - Bust of Charles Brooks 1843 marble Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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George Henry Harlow - Professor Charles Hague c. 1813 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Francisco de Goya - Charles IV of Spain as Huntsman c. 1799-1800 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Spanish
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Thomas Sully - Captain Charles Stewart 1811-1812 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - Saint Charles Borromeo 1767-69 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum Italian
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Charles Edouard De Beaumont Les jolies femmes de Paris - A quoi sert un Kings-Charles de cinquante Ècus,.. Lithograph 19th century
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John Wollaston - Mrs. Charles Carroll of Annapolis 1753-54 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Charles Carnan Ridgely 1820 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Chester Harding - Charles Carroll of Carrollton c. 1828 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Edouard Manet - A King Charles Spaniel c. 1866 oil on linen National Gallery of Art French
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Charles Hobson Shipwreck Stories by Charles Hobson ( San Francisco: Pacific Editions, 1996) accordion book with seven photogravures under drawings on mylar sheets and one photogravure frontispiece 1996
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Charles Holroyd The Prodigal Son Etching 19th - 20th century
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Charles Dana Gibson The Gibson Book. A Collection of the published Worksä (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sonsä, 1906), vol. 1 book with reproductions 1906
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Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger Headpiece for part 1 in the book De la maniËre de graver ‡ l'eau forte et au burin äby Abraham Bosse (Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1758) etching and engraving 1758
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Charles Demuth Apples and Carrots watercolor on paper 1926
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Charles Holroyd Yalding Bridge Etching 19th - 20th century
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Charles Holroyd A Tree Study Etching 19th - 20th century
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Charles Vernier Les Grisettes - Tiens...tu ne m'avais pas dit que cette amee-ci Charles t'avait representee en Duchesse...l'an prochain tu passeras Princesse. lithograph 1858
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Charles Willard Moore - Section, as built for Charles Moore's Williams College Art Building Project 1986 Ink and watercolor o Williams College Museum of Art American
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens Title: The Union of England and Scotland (Charles I as the
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Baron Antoine-Jean Gros - Portrait of Second Lieutenant Charles Legrand c. 1810 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
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Baron Antoine-Jean Gros - Portrait of Second Lieutenant Charles Legrand c. 1810 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
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Baron Antoine-Jean Gros - Portrait of Second Lieutenant Charles Legrand c. 1810 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
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Barkley Leonnard Hendricks - Sir Charles, Alias Willy Harris 1972 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Leone Leoni - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor c. 1547 cast bronze Cincinnati Art Museum Italian
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William Page - Portrait of Senator Charles Sumner 1874 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Charles Holroyd Midnight Worship, Venice Etching 19th - 20th century
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Charles Holroyd Fondamenta Zorzi, Venice Etching 19th - 20th century
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Charles Holroyd (One from) The Icarus Series, I. Daedalus Etching 19th - 20th century
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Charles Holroyd (One from) The Icarus Series, III. Icarus Etching 19th - 20th century
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Mather Brown - Master Charles William Park 1785-90 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Charles Maurin Bain de la Fillette (Mother bathing her Child) Etching 19th - 20th century
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Charles M. Russell Title: The Death Song of Lone Wolf Date: 1901 Medium: oil
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H. C. Selous Hereward the Wake by Charles Lingsley (London: Art-Union of London, 1870) book with engravings 1870
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Charles M. Russell Title: The Signal Fire Date: 1897 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions:
Museum of Fine Arts -
Virginia Keep Clark, American, 1878–after 1965 Charles Prendergast about 1923 Oil on canvas 76.52 x
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Charles Demuth From the Garden of the Chateau oil on canvas 1921 - 1925
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Pierre Charles Baquoy Les petits parrains (The little godfathers) Engraving 18th - 19th century
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Charles Holroyd Rose and Crown, Medway Series etching 19th - 20th century
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Charles Holroyd (One from) The Icarus Series, II. Daedalus and Icarus Etching 19th - 20th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (12)
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Photography of Charles Sheeler
This exhibition was organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All photographs were drawn from The Lane Collection. The exhibition focuses in depth on Sheeler's inventive intertwining of the American vernacular with European abstrac...
Orlando Museum of Art: An American Palette: Paintings Celebrating American Art and Life
IMAGE:
Charles Sheeler (1883-1965)
On A Shaker Theme #2, 1956
Tempera on paper, 7 ½ x 9 ½ in.
Private Collection
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National Gallery of Art: A Century of Drawing: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt
Examples by great old masters who created some of their most powerful work after the turn of the century--Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, and Winslow Homer--are shown side by side with works by the younger generation of artists, such as Pablo Picasso,...
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza: Mimesis. Modern Realism 1918-1945
Despite this, and in contrast to other tendencies such as Surrealism and geometrical Abstraction, which came about in a homogenous and organised manner, Realism was a varied and plural trend which acquired different characteristics depending on so...
Griffin Contemporary: Paul Strand: Works 1915-1954
"Manhatta" was shot in New York within a five-block radius that encompassed Battery Park, the Staten Island Ferry docks, Wall Street, and Trinity Place -a location of significance for Americans today. The film is a non-narrative sequence of formal...
Tatar Gallery: Jim Cooke and Sylvie Readman
Inspired by his upbringing in the English town of Coventry, Jim Cooke shifts his focus in a new collection of works at the Tatar Gallery from his usual fascination with monuments of Arcadian beauty to those of a more personal Arcadia – his own chi...
Virginia Historical Society: The Virginia Landscape
More than 240 landscape paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs, dating from the colonial period to the present, reveal much about Virginia's natural history and the attitudes of its citizens. Initially, the commonwealth was best know...
Georgia O'Keefe Museum: Views of the City: 1910–1949
Museum director George G. King said, This exhibition provides the viewer a wonderful opportunity to learn more about Georgia OKeeffe, her colleagues,...
Sprengel Musuem: How you look at it: 20th-century Photography
The exhibition How you look at it. 20th-century Photography offers a chance to take stock. It starts by showing how photography has greatly increased in popularity in recent years, mainly obvious by its growing presence in museums w...
Museum of Modern Art: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Print Collecting: An Early Mission for MoMA
Beginning June 24, 1999, MoMA will present Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Print Collecting: An Early Mission for MoMA, a display of approximately 100 prints that Mrs. Rockefeller enjoyed in her private collection, before donating them to th...
Delaware Art Museum: An American Century of Photography: From Dry-plate to Digital, The Hallmark Photographic Collection

Columbus Museum of Art: Illusions of Eden: Visions of the American Heartland
The exhibition and its national tour are sponsored by Philip Morris Companies Inc. Illusions of Eden is one component of The Heartland Project, a series of three traveling museum exhibitions and an interactive website that will evaluate t...

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