Charles Sheeler

Born Charles Rettew Sheeler Jr. in Philadelphia in 1883, Sheeler's artistic journey began with studies at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he learned under William Merritt Chase. Early travels to Italy and Paris exposed him to the Old Masters like Giotto and Piero della Francesca, as well as the groundbreaking Cubist works of Picasso and Braque, profoundly shaping his perspective. However, upon returning to…