About Charles Sheeler
a painter who taught himself photography with a five-dollar Brownie, made Ford's River Rouge plant look like a cathedral, and co-directed one of America's first avant-garde films
Where to see Charles Sheeler
Ranked by works you can see in person.
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5 works
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Old Patent Office Building, United States
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4 works
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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3 works
Museo de Arte de Worcester
Worcester, United States
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3 works
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
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3 works
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
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2 works
Museum of Modern Art
Midtown Manhattan, United States
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2 works
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery Swartwout Building, United States
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2 works
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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2 works
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Palace of Villahermosa, Spain
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2 works
RISD Museum
Providence, United States
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1 works
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Fort Worth, United States
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1 works
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
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1 works
Cincinnati Art Museum
Eden Park, United States
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1 works
Detroit Institute of Arts
Midtown Detroit, United States
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1 works
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, United States
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1 works
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, United States
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1 works
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, United States
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1 works
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia, United States
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1 works
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Bentonville, United States
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Who is Charles Sheeler?
Charles Sheeler was a painter and photographer known for applying the clean geometry of Cubism to American factories, grain elevators, and skyscrapers. He also shot celebrity portraits and fashion for Vogue and Vanity Fair between 1926 and 1931.Who was Charles Sheeler?
Charles Sheeler was a trained painter who studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Thomas Anshutz. He taught himself photography and used the camera to look at industrial objects without sentiment.Charles Sheeler art movement?
Charles Sheeler's style of painting was called Precisionism. This style applied the clean geometry of Cubism to American factories, grain elevators and skyscrapers, using hard edges, flat planes, and no visible brushwork.What was Charles Sheeler known for?
Charles Sheeler was known for applying the clean geometry of Cubism to American factories, grain elevators and skyscrapers. His style, called Precisionism, featured hard edges, flat planes, no visible brushwork, and no people, with the buildings themselves as the subject.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Charles Sheeler's works across the following collections.
- [1] book Typesetter01, 3638_W_Kleiner.FM_V2.qxd Used for: biography.
- [2] book Jesse Bryant Wilder, Art History For Dummies Used for: biography.
- [3] book Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author, Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author - The Art Book_ New Edition, Mini Format Used for: biography.
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