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.



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