Charles Sheeler

This is the first exhibition to focus exclusively on the complex, often paradoxical relationships between photography, film, drawing, printmaking, and painting that were so central to Sheeler's art. A celebration of the formal clarity and beauty of Sheeler's works, the exhibition will build on a core of masterpieces recently added to the National Gallery of Art collections, including the magnificent painting Classic Landscape, 1931, the masterful Conté crayon drawings Interior with Stove, 1932, and Counterpoint, 1949, as well as three striking examples of the artist's "Doylestown" photographs. Highlights include the finest works from the series of paintings and drawings inspired by Sheeler's photographs of the River Rouge plant, commissioned by Ford Motor Company in 1927. Also featured is Manhatta (1920), a collaboration between Sheeler and Paul Strand that is regarded as the first avant-garde film made in the United States. The exhibition will conclude with images inspired by Sheeler's experiments with montage in the 1940s and 1950s.

Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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Charles Sheeler: Across Media
Organisation: National Gallery, Washington