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
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Charles Sheeler Jr.
genre architectural art
industrial art
givenName Charles
hasOccupation commercial photographer
fine art painter
printmaker
influenced Precisionism
surface form: American 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
Highland Park Ford Plant
surface form: Criss-Crossed Conveyors, Ford Plant

Ford River Rouge Complex
surface form: River Rouge Plant

Skyscrapers
Upper Deck
placeOfBirth Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Dobbs Ferry, New York
surface form: Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
sexOrGender male
workLocation New York City, New York, United States of America
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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William Merritt Chase notableStudent Charles Sheeler
Arthur Wesley Dow influenced Charles Sheeler
Charles Sheeler fullName Charles Sheeler self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Charles Sheeler Jr.
Precisionism hasNotableArtist Charles Sheeler