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Photography is nature seen from the eyes outward, painting from the eyes inward. Photography records inalterably the single image, while painting records a plurality of images willfully directed by the artist.

Charles Sheeler

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Charles Sheeler

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Born: July 16, 1883
Died: May 7, 1965 (aged 81)
Bio: Charles Sheeler was an American painter and commercial photographer. He is recognized as one of the founders of American modernism developing a style of painting known as Precisionism and one of the master photographers of the 20th century.
Known for:
  1. American Landscape (1930)
  2. The Artist Looks at Nature (1943)
  3. Bucks County Barn (1932)
  4. Skyscrapers (1922)

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