Charles Sheeler

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Charles Sheeler was an American painter and photographer known for his pioneering role in Precisionism and his stark, modernist depictions of industrial architecture.

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Charles Sheeler canonical 3
Charles Sheeler Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Precisionist artist
human
painter
photographer
artisticStyle geometric simplification
stark realism
associatedWith Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1883-07-16
dateOfDeath 1965-05-07
educatedAt Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
employer Ford Motor Company
familyName Sheeler
fieldOfWork architectural photography
industrial landscape art
painting
photography
fullName Charles Sheeler Jr.
linked to: Charles Sheeler
genre architectural art
industrial art
givenName Charles
hasOccupation commercial photographer
fine art painter
printmaker
influenced American Precisionism
linked to: Precisionism
influencedBy Cubism
photography
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement American modernism
Precisionism
nationality American
notableFor modernist depictions of industrial architecture
pioneering role in Precisionism
notableProject photographic documentation of Ford River Rouge Plant
notableWork American Landscape
Bucks County Barn
Church Street El
Classic Landscape
Criss-Crossed Conveyors, Ford Plant
River Rouge Plant
Skyscrapers
Upper Deck
placeOfBirth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
linked to: Philadelphia
placeOfDeath Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
sexOrGender male
workLocation New York City, New York, United States
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
linked to: Philadelphia

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William Merritt Chase notableStudent Charles Sheeler
Arthur Wesley Dow influenced Charles Sheeler
Charles Sheeler fullName Charles Sheeler Jr.
linked to: Charles Sheeler
Precisionism hasNotableArtist Charles Sheeler