LC control no. | n 79067889 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965 |
Variant(s) | Sheeler, Charles Rettew, Jr., 1883-1965 |
Birth date | 1883-07-16 |
Death date | 1965-05-07 |
Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
Place of death | Dobbs Ferry (N.Y.) |
Profession or occupation | Painters Photographers |
Found in | Rourke, C. Charles Sheeler, c1938. Charles Sheeler, 2017: title page (Charles Sheeler) Wikipedia, May 30, 2017 (Charles Sheeler; Charles Sheeler (July 16, 1883--May 7, 1965) was an American painter and commercial photographer; he is recognized as one of the founders of American modernism developing a style of painting known as Precisionism and one of the master photographers of the 20th century; Charles Rettew Sheeler Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; he painted using a technique that complemented his photography; he was a self-proclaimed Precisionist, a term that emphasized the linear precision he employed in his depictions; as in his photographic works, his subjects were generally material things such as machinery and structures; he was hired by the Ford Motor Co. to photograph and make paintings of their factories; he died in Dobbs Ferry, New York) |