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Joseph Stella
1877-1946
Joseph Stella Gallery
Joseph Stella (June 13, 1877 - November 5, 1946) was an Italian-born, American Futurist painter best known for his depictions of industrial America. He is associated with the American Precisionism movement of the 1910s-1940s. He was born in Muro Lucano, Italy but came to New York City in 1896. He studied at the Art Students League of New York under William Merritt Chase. His first paintings are Rembrandtesque depictions of city slum life. In 1908, he was commissioned for a series on industrial Pittsburgh later published in The Pittsburgh Survey.
It was his return to Europe in 1909, and his first contact with modernism, that would truly mold his distinctive personal style.
Returning to New York in 1913, he painted Battle of Lights, Mardi Gras, Coney Island, which is one of the earliest American Futurist works. He is famous for New York Interpreted, a five-paneled work patterned after a religious altarpiece, but depicting bridges and skyscrapers instead of saints. This piece reflects the belief, common at the time, that industry was displacing religion as the center of modern life. It is currently owned by the Newark Museum.
A famous Stella quote is: "I have seen the future and it is good. We will wipe away the religions of old and start anew."
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Old Brooklyn Bridge
1941
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Painting ID:: 4510
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Old_Brooklyn_Bridge
1941
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Self-Portrait
mk52
c.1930
Mixed media on paper
76.1x63.4cm
New Orleans Museum of Art
Painting ID:: 27160
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Self-Portrait
mk52
c.1930
Mixed media on paper
76.1x63.4cm
New Orleans Museum of Art
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Minerva and the Muses
1640-45
Oil on canvas, 116 x 162 cm
Painting ID:: 29655
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Minerva_and_the_Muses
1640-45
Oil on canvas, 116 x 162 cm
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Christ Served by the Angels
mk67
Oil on canvas
43 11/16x62 3/16in
Uffizi,Gallery
Painting ID:: 30040
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Christ_Served_by_the_Angels
mk67
Oil on canvas
43 11/16x62 3/16in
Uffizi,Gallery
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Tree of My Life
mk77
1919
Oil on canvas
83 1/2x75 1/2in
Painting ID:: 32023
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Tree_of_My_Life
mk77
1919
Oil on canvas
83 1/2x75 1/2in
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Joseph_Stella
1877-1946
Joseph Stella Gallery
Joseph Stella (June 13, 1877 - November 5, 1946) was an Italian-born, American Futurist painter best known for his depictions of industrial America. He is associated with the American Precisionism movement of the 1910s-1940s. He was born in Muro Lucano, Italy but came to New York City in 1896. He studied at the Art Students League of New York under William Merritt Chase. His first paintings are Rembrandtesque depictions of city slum life. In 1908, he was commissioned for a series on industrial Pittsburgh later published in The Pittsburgh Survey.
It was his return to Europe in 1909, and his first contact with modernism, that would truly mold his distinctive personal style.
Returning to New York in 1913, he painted Battle of Lights, Mardi Gras, Coney Island, which is one of the earliest American Futurist works. He is famous for New York Interpreted, a five-paneled work patterned after a religious altarpiece, but depicting bridges and skyscrapers instead of saints. This piece reflects the belief, common at the time, that industry was displacing religion as the center of modern life. It is currently owned by the Newark Museum.
A famous Stella quote is: "I have seen the future and it is good. We will wipe away the religions of old and start anew."
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