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Charles Sheeler (1883-1965)
University of Michigan

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery

Carol Jackson

Butler


Charles Sheeler studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts before traveling to Europe where he was influenced by the cubists.

He developed a precisionist style in which the forms of structures and machinery were simplified and abstracted.

key2.gif (90 bytes) Precisionists dealt with objects made of steel: "Steeler Sheeler"