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ID: 500115325 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500115325			Record Type: Person

Sheeler, Charles (American painter and photographer, 1883-1965)

Note: Sheeler is best known as a painter of precise renderings of industrial forms, in an abstract-realist style, emphasizing abstract qualities and geometric shapes, using clear colors and smooth surfaces. He was a native of Philadelphia and studied at the School of Industrial Art and then at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He began a career in photography ca. 1912, working for architects, the Ford Motor Company, and other clients. He continued to create highly acclaimed paintings. His later works tended toward less literal renderings. American artist.

Names:
	Sheeler, Charles (preferred,V,index,LC,English-P,NA,U)
	Sheeler, Charles (Dutch-P,NA)
	Charles Sheeler (V,display)
	Sheeler, Charles R. (V)
	Sheeler, Charles R., Jr. (V)
	Charles R. Sheeler (V)
	Sheeler, Charles Rettew (U)
	שילר, צ'ארלס (U,Hebrew-P,NA,U)
	Sheeler (LU,U)

Nationalities:
	American (preferred)

Roles:
	artist (preferred)
	painter
	photographer
	sculptor
	cinematographer
	draftsman

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States) (inhabited place) Died: Dobbs Ferry (Westchester county, New York state, United States) (inhabited place)

Events:

	active:		1919-1965 New York City (New York state, United States) (inhabited place)
	exhibition:		in the New York Armory show, 1913

Related People or Corporate Bodies:

collaborated with ....	Strand, Paul
................................	(American photographer and filmmaker, 1890-1976) [500003133]

student of ....	Chase, William Merritt
..................	(American painter and printmaker, 1849-1916) [500115356]

List/Hierarchical Position:

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Persons, Artists

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Sheeler, Charles (I)

Biographies:

(American painter and photographer, 1883-1965) ..... [VP Preferred]
(American sculptor, 1883-1965) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(American cinematographer, 1883-1965) ..... [RKD]
(American painter, 1883-1965) ..... [IMJ]
(Unknown artist) ..... [GRISC]
(American artist, 1883-1965) ..... [MoMA]
(American artist, 1883-1965) ..... [PROV]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(artist, 1883-1965) ..... [GRL]
(American painter, 1883-1965) ..... [Grove Art]
(American artist, 1883-1965) ..... [AVERY]
(American painter, photographer, 1883-1965) ..... [BHA]
(American artist, 1883-1965) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(American photographer, 1883-1965) ..... [VP]
(American artist, 1883-1965) ..... [WCI]
(American artist, 1883-1965) ..... [WCP]
(American painter, 1883-1965) ..... [PROV]
(American, 1883-1965) ..... [JPGM]
(American photographer and painter; born Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States), 1883; died Dobbs Ferry (New York, United States), 1965) ..... [CCA]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

שילר, צ'ארלס ........	[IMJ]
........................	Israel Museum Jerusalem database

Charles R. Sheeler ........	[VP, WL-Courtauld]
.....................................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Charles Sheeler ........	[CCA, GRISC, MoMA, PROV, VP]
................................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
................................	Canadian Centre for Architecture database
................................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
................................	Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
................................	J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Sheeler ........	[PROV]
.................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Sheeler, Charles ........	[AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CCA Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, IMJ Preferred, JPGM Preferred, MoMA Preferred, PROV Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred, WCP Preferred]
..................................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
..................................	Avery Authority files (1963-)
..................................	Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) Accessed 05/29/2002.
..................................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)
..................................	Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
..................................	Israel Museum Jerusalem database
..................................	J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
..................................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79067889
..................................	Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
..................................	M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
..................................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
..................................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 72266

Sheeler, Charles R. ........	[CL-Courtauld Preferred, WCI Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
.......................................	Witt Computer Index database
.......................................	Witt Library, Authority files

Sheeler, Charles Rettew ........	[Grove Art]
...............................................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)

Sheeler, Charles R., Jr. ........	[CCA]
................................................	Canadian Centre for Architecture database


Note:
English	..........	[AVERY, CL-Courtauld, VP, WL-Courtauld]
	..........	Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) Accessed 05/29/2002.
	..........	LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]

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