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Charles Sheeler

1883 - 1965

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Charles Sheeler (July 16, 1883 – May 7, 1965) was an American artist known for his Precisionist paintings, commercial photography, and the 1921 avant-garde film, Manhatta, which he made in collaboration with Paul Strand. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Sheeler has received more than 210,815 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Charles Sheeler is the 1,785th most popular painter (down from 1,590th in 2019), the 7,205th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,233rd in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Charles Sheeler ranks 1,785 out of 2,023Before him are Carl Frederik von Breda, Ilka Gedő, Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz, Mikayil Abdullayev, Pipilotti Rist, and Zofia Stryjeńska. After him are Vladimir Dimitrov, László Paál, Ion Andreescu, Francesco Clemente, Lawrence Weiner, and George Inness.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Charles Sheeler ranks 214Before him are Ford Sterling, František Drtikol, Mikhail Gnessin, Pencho Zlatev, Károly Kós, and Pentti Eskola. After him are Abdul Muis, Edith Clarke, Maude Fealy, Erik Granfelt, Käthe Kruse, and Lothrop Stoddard. Among people deceased in 1965, Charles Sheeler ranks 162Before him are Alan Freed, Edgar Barth, Eric Brook, Kōsaku Yamada, Eleanor Farjeon, and Sulamith Goldhaber. After him are Ludwig Wrede, Mikheil Tsereteli, W. T. Cosgrave, Renzo Minoli, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, and Carlos Scarone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Sheeler ranks 7,205 out of 20,380Before him are Neal E. Miller (1909), Patricia Wettig (1951), Harry Reid (1939), Katharine Houghton (1945), Frederick Seitz (1911), and Vincent Spano (1962). After him are Elaine May (1932), Gloria Jones (1945), Michael E. Brown (1965), Slim Harpo (1924), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), and Lucinda Williams (1937).

Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Charles Sheeler ranks 94Before him are Theodore Robinson (1852), Mike Kelley (1954), Cecilia Beaux (1855), Washington Allston (1779), Paul McCarthy (1945), and Kay Sage (1898). After him are Lawrence Weiner (1942), George Inness (1825), Clyfford Still (1904), Mel Ramos (1935), Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), and John Marin (1870).