Sheets, Millard Owen
Millard Owen Sheets (June 24, 1907 - March 31, 1989) was an American artist and designer best known for his watercolors and murals. Born in Southern California, he attended the Chouinard Art Institute and was a student of Frank Tolles Chamberlin and Clarence Hinkle. Even before graduating, he was highly regarded for his watercolors and his work was soon displayed all over the country. During the Great Depression, he was a leading figure in the Public Works of Art Project, and during the Second World War, he spent time in South Asia as an artist-correspondent. During the 1930s-1940s, he increasingly took up large-scale mural projects, including mosaic murals. He also worked in bronze sculpture and stained glass, and also produced architectural designs. His works are strongly influenced by Realism, taking working and oppressed peoples as their subject, and bear some resemblance to other celebrated artists of the era, such as Diego Rivera. Sheets is considered one of the founders of California Scene Painting.
God, gold, and guns.
The Pageant of History in Northern California its colorful and adventurous beginnings.
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A richly illustrated c. 1950 pictorial map of Northern California, drawn by Millard Sheets and commissioned by the American Trust Company. It provides an overview of the early history of the region, from its indigenous inhabitants through the gold rush and beyond. (more details)
Vivid Depiction of the Bay Area's Past and Present.
The Panorama of Today in Northern California its resources, activities and opportunities. / The Pageant of History in Northern California its colorful and adventurous beginnings.
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This is a richly illustrated c. 1950 set of two pictorial maps of Northern California prepared by artist Millard Sheets and commissioned by the American Trust Company. They are accompanied here by a booklet that explains the conception of the two works as celebrating 'the spirit and the achievement of the peoples living in the great circle of lands surrounding San Francisco Bay.' (more details)