Charles Sheeler
American painter, photographer, 1883–1965
Sheeler and Schamberg would later share a studio in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where Sheeler taught himself photography. In the teens Sheeler became involved with the modern art scene in New York, befriending Alfred Stieglitz, Marius de Zayas, the Arensbergs, and John Quinn. In 1920 he collaborated with photographer Paul Strand on the film Manhatta. Sheeler became known as a Precisionist for his spare and modern paintings, drawings, and photographs of the built environment.
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American painter and printmaker, 1885–1962
American painter, graphic artist, and illustrator, 1880–1968
American painter, craftsperson, and muralist, 1887–1968
American painter and printmaker, 1878–1965
American painter, draftsman, printmaker, 1918–2014
