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Charles Rettew Sheeler Junior
early life and education charles rettew sheeler junior, an american painter and photographer, was born in philadelphia in 1883. he attended the pennsylvania museum school of industrial art from 1900 to 1903, followed by a traditional training in drawing and painting at the pennsylvania academy of fine arts (1903-6). this education laid the foundation for his future success as a pioneer of precisionism. career and influences sheeler's ea
rly work was influenced by his travels to europe, where he developed an interest in the italian painters of the late middle ages, particularly giotto, masaccio, and piero della francesca. in 1909, he visited the paris home of michael and sarah stein, early patrons of picasso and braque, which inspired him to work in a cubist style. this exposure to various artistic movements shaped his unique precisionist approach. photography and prec…