Charles Sheeler

(American, 1883–1965)

Charles Sheeler was an American artist known for his involvement in the Precisionism movement along with Charles Demuth, Gerald Murphy, and others. Working with photography, film, and painting in tandem, the artist explored planar light, notions of objectivity, and the man-made forms of industry. Both in his use of the Ford Motor Company’s River Rouge plant as subject matter for the painting American Landscape (1930), and his probing of the camera’s objective gaze in his film Manhatta (1921), Sheeler was unique to his time. “Photography is nature seen from the eyes outward, painting from the eyes inward,” he once reflected. “Photography records inalterably the single image, while painting records a plurality of images willfully directed by the artist.” Born on July 16, 1883 in Philadelphia, PA, he went on to study at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art and later under William Merritt Chase at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. While visiting Europe, the artist became enthralled with the Cubist works of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso and upon returning home he applied his interest in their work to his scenes of America. He died on May 7, 1965 in Dobbs Ferry, NY. Today, Sheeler’s works are held in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.

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Charles Sheeler (360 results)
Buggy in a Barn, Doylestown,..., 1915–1917

Charles Sheeler

Buggy in a Barn, Doylestown,..., 1915–1917

Sale Date: February 25, 2020

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Suspended Power, 1939

Charles Sheeler

Suspended Power, 1939

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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Conversation - Sky and Earth, 1940

Charles Sheeler

Conversation - Sky and Earth, 1940

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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SELECTED ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES OF THE WEST..., 1928

Charles Sheeler

SELECTED ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES OF THE WEST..., 1928

Sale Date: October 3, 2019

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Arrangement: Studio Interior, 1906

Charles Sheeler

Arrangement: Studio Interior, 1906

Sale Date: June 13, 2019

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Steam Turbine, 1939

Charles Sheeler

Steam Turbine, 1939

Sale Date: May 24, 2019

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Church Street EL, 1933

Charles Sheeler

Church Street EL, 1933

Sale Date: May 24, 2019

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CHARTRES CATHEDRAL, BUTTRESSES FROM SOUTH..., 1929

Charles Sheeler

CHARTRES CATHEDRAL, BUTTRESSES FROM SOUTH..., 1929

Sale Date: April 5, 2019

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Winter, 1932

Charles Sheeler

Winter, 1932

Sale Date: April 6, 2019

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Chartres, South Side from Street, 1929

Charles Sheeler

Chartres, South Side from Street, 1929

Sale Date: April 4, 2019

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Architectural Cadences #4, 1954

Charles Sheeler

Architectural Cadences #4, 1954

Sale Date: March 5, 2019

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Delmonico Building, 1926

Charles Sheeler

Delmonico Building, 1926

Sale Date: December 8, 2018

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PRELUDE TO WINTER, 1946

Charles Sheeler

PRELUDE TO WINTER, 1946

Sale Date: November 16, 2018

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RELATED FORMS II (CONTINUITY #2), 1957

Charles Sheeler

RELATED FORMS II (CONTINUITY #2), 1957

Sale Date: November 16, 2018

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Architectural Cadences, 1954

Charles Sheeler

Architectural Cadences, 1954

Sale Date: November 6, 2018

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Still Life, 1938

Charles Sheeler

Still Life, 1938

Sale Date: November 13, 2018

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Cat-walk, 1947

Charles Sheeler

Cat-walk, 1947

Sale Date: November 13, 2018

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Tulips-Suspended Forms, 1922

Charles Sheeler

Tulips-Suspended Forms, 1922

Sale Date: November 19, 2018

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Architectural Cadences #4., 1954

Charles Sheeler

Architectural Cadences #4., 1954

Sale Date: November 1, 2018

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Bucks County Barn, 1915, 1915

Charles Sheeler

Bucks County Barn, 1915, 1915

Sale Date: October 5, 2018

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Industrial Study No. 2, 1935, 1935

Charles Sheeler

Industrial Study No. 2, 1935, 1935

Sale Date: October 5, 2018

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Aunt Mary, 1936, 1936

Charles Sheeler

Aunt Mary, 1936, 1936

Sale Date: July 19, 2018

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Rose in a Vase, 1924

Charles Sheeler

Rose in a Vase, 1924

Sale Date: May 23, 2018

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Still Life, 1925

Charles Sheeler

Still Life, 1925

Sale Date: May 23, 2018

Auction Closed

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