Joseph Stella
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Joseph Stella
1877–1946
Italian-born American Futurist Painter
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Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries:
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Cactus and Tropical Foliage
Joseph Stella, American, 1877–1946
about 1919–22
Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper
Sheet: 46.4 x 61.3 cm (18 1/4 x 24 1/8 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Sophie M. Friedman Fund
1984.412
Provenance/Ownership History: John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA;
purchased by MFA, September 1984.
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Still Life with Plums
Joseph Stella, American, 1877–1946
about 1919
Color pencil over metalpoint on prepared paper
Sheet: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Sophie M. Friedman Fund
1983.150
Provenance/Ownership History: Barbara Mathes Gallery, Inc., New York;
purchased by MFA, March 1983.
Currently not on view.
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Old Brooklyn Bridge
Joseph Stella, American, 1877–1946
about 1940
Oil on canvas
193.67 x 173.35 cm (76 1/4 x 68 1/4 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Gift of Susan Morse Hilles in memory of Paul Hellmuth
1980.197
Provenance/Ownership History: The artist; Wright Ludington, Santa Barbara,
California; with Richard L. Feigen, New York; to Susan Morse Hilles; to MFA,
1980, gift of Susan Morse Hilles.
Currently not on view.
Children's Toys (Marionettes)
Joseph Stella, American, 1877–1946
about 1930
Oil on canvas
65.09 x 81.91 cm (25 5/8 x 32 1/4 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Hayden Collection–Charles Henry Hayden Fund
1981.164
Provenance/Ownership History: The artist; to his estate; to Bernard Rabin, by
1955; with Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, 1981; to MFA, 1981,
purchase.
Currently not on view.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston NEW!
Pastel collection online
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Three Miners
Joseph Stella, American, 1877–1946
about 1938
Pastel on paper
66.7 x 47cm (26 1/4 x 18 1/2in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Sophie M. Friedman Fund
1979.292
Provenance/Ownership History: Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, NY; purchased by
MFA, June 1979.
Currently not on view.
Roots, The Bronx
Joseph Stella, American, 1877–1946
1940
Pastel on paper
48.3 x 64.1cm (19 x 25 1/4in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Gift of the Print and Drawing Club
1979.293
Provenance/Ownership History: Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, NY; purchased by
MFA, June 1979.
Currently not on view.
Joseph Stella at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Eggplant, ca.1939
Joseph Stella
American, 1877 - 1946
Eggplant, c. 1939
colored pencils and wax crayon with scratching-out on thick wove paper,
51.44 x 40.64 cm (20 1/4 x 16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Dyke
1996.47.1
Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina
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oseph Stella
American (born in Italy), 1877-1946
City Buildings, New York
watercolor, 1917
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Stella made nature studies throughout his career. For this simple, spare
composition he used metalpoint, a medium associated with the Italian
Renaissance and rarely seen in the 20th century. Although metalpoint cannot
be erased, its unique qualities-precision, delicacy, and sharpness-appealed to
Stella and he often combined it with colored pencils to achieve a brilliance
almost equal to oil painting. The careful execution and large size of this sheet
suggest that Stella considered it a finished work of art.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lanier Williams in memory of J. Lanier Williams, Jr.,
68.18.1
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
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Water Lily, ca.1944
Joseph Stella (American, b. Italy, 1877-1946)
Water Lily. ca. 1944.
Pastel on paper.
Gift of Mr. D. Frederick Baker and Mr. Ronald G. Pisano
for the Baker/Pisano Collection 2001.9.230
Although Italian-born Joseph Stella is well-known for working in the style of
the Italian Futurists, and his early renditions of sites in and around New York
City are regarded as the most important American paintings indebted to this
art movement, it is the delicate floral works, mainly in pastel, crayon and
silverpoint, which most collectors treasure. It seems hard to believe that these
finely wrought drawings were done by the same artist who produced the bold
and meaty works celebrating the bridges and tunnels of New York. Yet today
they are among the most beautiful and tender drawings of flowers and birds
ever to be produced by an American artist. It is difficult to find any trace of his
having studied under William Merritt Chase, yet in his search for beauty there
is a link to the work of this master. Stella, like Chase, exalted the beautiful.
And there is no more beautiful floral rendition than Water Lily.
High Museum of Art, Georgia
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Many works online
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Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
"Serenade," A Christmas Fantasy (La Fontaine), (1937)
Oil on canvas.
43 1/8 x 37 1/8 in. (109.4 x 94.2 cm.)
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966 (66.4793 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Abstraction Mardi Gras, 1914
Watercolor on paper.
8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.
THE JOSEPH H. HIRSHHORN BEQUEST, 1981 (86.4472 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Collage #4: Bookman, (1920-1922)
Paper and photomechanical reproduction on paper.
7 x 4 3/4 in. irreg. (17.8 x 11.9 cm.)
(66.4777 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Croatian, 1908
Pencil on paper.
8 x 5 3/4 in. irreg. (20.2 x 14.5 cm.)
(66.4764 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Cypress Tree, (CA. 1927)
Gouache and pencil on paper.
41 x 27 5/16 in. (103.9 x 69.4 cm.)
(66.4780 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Factories (By-product Plant), (1918-1920)
Pastel, charcoal and metallic paint on paper mounted on paperboard.
22 7/8 x 29 in. (78.1 x 73.7 cm.) on artist's mount 23 15/16 x 30 1/8 in. (63.3 x
76.4 cm.)
(66.4776 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Immigrant Girl-Ellis Island, (1916)
Charcoal on paper.
31 1/2 x 17 5/8 in. irreg. (80.1 x 44.2 cm.)
THE JOSEPH H. HIRSHHORN BEQUEST, 1981 (86.4471 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Landscape (Water Lily), (1920-1924)
Oil on glass.
30 x 25 3/8 in. irreg. (76.0 x 64.5 cm.)
(66.4782 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Lotus, (CA. 1929)
Oil on canvas.
21 1/2 x 25 3/4 in. (54.7 x 65.3 cm.)
(66.4788 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Portrait of Eilshemius, 1920
Silverpoint, crayon and pencil with chinese white on paper.
22 7/8 x 18 11/16 in. (58.0 x 47.5 cm.)
(66.4765 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Self-Portrait, (CA. 1928)
Charcoal, pastel, ink and pencil on paper.
14 x 10 7/8in. (35.6 x 27.6cm)
(66.4767 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Still Life, (CA. 1939)
Pastel on paper.
28 13/16 x 21 5/8 in. (73.2 x 54.9 cm.)
(66.4778 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Study For "Battle Of Lights, Coney Island, Mardi Gras", (1913)
Oil on canvas.
10 x 12 in. (25.3 x 30.5 cm.)
(66.4791 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Study For "Battle Of Lights, Coney Island, Mardi Gras", (1913)
Oil and ink on canvas.
9 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (23.1 x 32.7 cm.)
(66.4792 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Study For "New York Interpreted: Brooklyn Bridge", (1920-1922)
Watercolor and brush and ink on paper.
17 1/8 x 11 3/4 in. irreg. (43.4 x 29.9 cm.)
(66.4779 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Study For "New York Interpreted: Brooklyn Bridge", (1920-1922)
Watercolor and brush & ink on paper.
13 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. (33.8 x 25.3 cm.)
(66.4775 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
The Palm (Herons), (1926)
Pastel on paperboard.
43 1/2 x 32 5/8 in. (110.5 x 82.8 cm.)
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966 (66.4786 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Torso, (CA. 1929)
Oil on canvasboard.
21 3/4 x 15 in. (55.2 x 38.1 cm.)
(66.4783 )
Joseph Stella
American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877 - 1946
Water Lily Bud, (N.D.)
Pencil, pastel, colored pencil and gouache on paper.
13 11/16 x 11 in. (34.7 x 27.9 cm.)
(66.4771 )
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Dance of Spring (Song of the Birds), 1924
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oseph Stella
Born 1877 in Muro Lucano, Italy
Died 1946 in New York, NY
Dance of Spring (Song of the Birds), 1924
oil paint on canvas
42 3/8 x 32 3/8 inches
Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection
Gift of the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation, 2003.3
Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey
The Little Lake, ca.1927-28
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Joseph Stella (1879 - 1946)
The Little Lake, ca. 1927-28
Material: Oil on canvas
Size:
Acquisition: Gift of Bernard Rabin in memory of Nathan Krueger
Collection Type: Painting Landscape
Accession: 1962.53
Joseph Stella at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
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Self-portrait, gouache, ca.1940
America's leading futurist artist, Joseph Stella created monumental abstract
paintings characterized by dramatic contrasts of light and color, thrusting
diagonals, and dynamic movement. This self-portrait drawing reflects instead
on the conflicts and contradictions of Stella's artistic and personal
development.
Not known as an introspective person, the Italian-born artist studied his own
image more intensely as he grew older and more reclusive. While his earlier
self-portraits suggest an artist using himself as a model, the later images
reveal his state of mind and declining physical state. Color and form add
intensity to the pose, a far cry from the classical Renaissance profiles he
admired. Touches of red on the lips, eyelid, nose, and cheek are unsettling.
The turbulent pattern and acrid yellow highlights in the background reinforce
the sense of anxiety, suggesting a malevolent alter ego that hovers nearby.
Yet the concentration of his gaze, the flare of his nostril, and the set of his lips
convey the spirit of a headstrong individual who persists despite emotional
turmoil.
Self-portrait
Gouache, graphite, metalpoint, watercolor, and crayon on prepared paper,
circa 1940
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona
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Flowers, Italy, 1931
Stella is most known for his American Futurist painting and his interpretations
of modern 20th-century life. However, he did not limit himself to just one style
of expression. The artist experimented with several artistic styles, including
Realism, Abstraction and Surrealism. He often mixed media and painted in
different manners simultaneously. Although his strong, independent spirit
kept him from joining any group or movement, Stella was a charter member of
Société Anonyme, Inc.
This painting is a lush, exotic abstraction with strong contrasts in form and
color and a dynamic use of the arabesque. The formal composition is divided
in half vertically, with each side balancing the other in color and size of
elements (minor details vary, with a central receding focal point).
A poster with this image is available in The Museum Store.
Seavest Collection of Contemporary American Realism
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The Red Hat, 1924
Joseph Stella
(American, 1877-1946)
The Red Hat
1924
oil on canvas
9 3/4 x 12 inches
Provenance:
The artist, until 1946
By bequest to his nephew, Sergio Stella
By bequest to his widow, until 1993
Richard York Gallery, New York
Sheldon Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
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Battle of Lights, Coney Island
Artist: Joseph Stella
Extension
Painting
oil on canvas
about 1913-14
39 x 29 1/2
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of NebraskaLincoln, - UNL-F. M. Hall Collection
Joseph Stella at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
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lower Study
ca. 1919
Joseph Stella
silverpoint and crayon on prepared paper
sheet: 12 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (32.8 x 16
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum purchase through the Robert Tyler Davis Memorial Fund
1985.60
Mecca I
1940
Joseph Stella
paper, tinfoil, and tempera on paper
sheet: 13 1/8 x 14 15/16 in. (33.4 x
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum purchase
1969.70
Metropolitan Port
ca. 1935-1937
Joseph Stella
oil on canvas
35 1/8 x 29 1/4 in. (89.2 x 74.3 cm)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Transfer from the General Services Administration
1972.82
Neapolitan Song
1929
Joseph Stella
oil on canvas
38 3/8 x 28 1/4 in. (97.5 x 71.7 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Françoise and Harvey Rambach
2000.11
Portrait of a Young Man
ca. 1915
Joseph Stella
crayon, oil and varnish on paper mounted on paperboard
12 x 9 3/4 in. (30.5 x 24.9 cm)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
1980.7
Portrait of Clara Fasano
1944
Joseph Stella
pencil and pastel on paper
sheet: 12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
1973.32.1
Portrait of Clara Fasano
1943
Joseph Stella
pastel on paper
sheet: 27 1/8 x 15 in. (68.9 x 38.1
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
1973.32.2
Sleeping Woman
ca. 1910
Joseph Stella
drypoint on paper
sheet: 5 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. (14.4 x 14.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum purchase
1976.5.2
Terra Foundation for the Arts, Chicago
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Telegraph Poles with Buildings, 1917
Joseph Stella
Born: 1877, Muro Lucano, Italy
Died: 1946, Astoria, New York, United States of America
Telegraph Poles with Buildings
1917
Oil on canvas
Image: 36 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (92.1 x 76.8 cm) Frame: 43 3/8 x 37 1/2 in. (110.2 x
95.3 cm)
Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1999.139
Signed:
Lower right: Joseph Stella
Inscribed:
Inscribed on verso: Painting/By/Joseph Stella
The Newark Museum, New Jersey
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Voice of the City of New York Interpreted, 1920-22
Joseph Stella
Voice of the City of New York Interpreted, 1920-22
The Battery (The Port)
Joseph Stella
Voice of the City of New York Interpreted, 1920-22
The Battery (The Port)
Oil and tempera on canvas
Purchase 1936
Thomas L. Raymond Bequest Fund
37.288
The Great White Way Leaving the Subway (White Way I)
Joseph Stella
Voice of the City of New York Interpreted, 1920-22
The Great White Way Leaving the Subway (White Way I)
Oil and tempera on canvas
Purchase 1936
Thomas L. Raymond Bequest Fund
37.288
The Prow (The Skyscrapers)
Joseph Stella
Voice of the City of New York Interpreted, 1920-22
The Prow (The Skyscrapers)
Oil and tempera on canvas
Purchase 1936
Thomas L. Raymond Bequest Fund
37.288
Broadway (White Way II)
Joseph Stella
Voice of the City of New York Interpreted, 1920-22
Broadway (White Way II)
Oil and tempera on canvas
Purchase 1936 Thomas L. Raymond Bequest Fund
37.288
The Brooklyn Bridge (The Bridge)
Joseph Stella
Voice of the City of New York Interpreted, 1920-22
The Brooklyn Bridge (The Bridge)
Oil and tempera on canvas
Purchase 1936
Thomas L. Raymond Bequest Fund
37.288
Oil and tempera on canvas
Five panels
Purchase 1936 Thomas L. Raymond Bequest Fund
37.288
Turman Gallery at Indiana State University
http://web.indstate.edu/turman/96-97/stella.html
Walker Art Center, Minnesota
http://collections.walkerart.org/item/agent/291
American Landscape
Joseph Stella
1929
oil on canvas
For the majority of his artistic career, Joseph Stella was an active member of
the Precisionists, a loosely formed group of artists who depicted painted
architectural and industrial subjects as smooth, sharply defined forms
emphasizing the mechanical and geometric aspects of urban technology.
Stella saw the Brooklyn Bridge, which had been completed in 1883, as a
powerful symbol of urban modernity and used the image in numerous works
throughout his career. In his essay, "Brooklyn Bridge, a Page of My Life,"
Stella comments on the first time he stood on the bridge, in the middle of the
night, alone: "I felt deeply moved, as if on the threshold of a new religion or in
the presence of a new DIVINITY. It is a shrine containing all the efforts of the
new civilization of AMERICA."
Text Citation
Label text for Joseph Stella, American Landscape (1929), from the
exhibition Selections from the Permanent Collection, Walker Art Center,
Minneapolis, December 8, 1996 to April 4, 1999.
Object Details
Dimensions: unframed 79.125 x 39.3125 x inches
Inscriptions: on reverse LR "Joseph Stella"; on reverse LR "Joseph
Stella/New York March/1929"
Classification: Paintings
Physical Description: Stylized portrait of Brooklyn Bridge and city, in
background
Owner: Walker Art Center
Accession Number: 1957.15
Credit Line: Gift of the T. B. Walker Foundation, 1957
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
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The Brooklyn Bridge: Variation on an Old Theme, 1939
Joseph Stella (1877-1946)
The Brooklyn Bridge: Variation on an Old Theme, 1939
Oil on canvas, 70 x 42 in. (177.8 x 106.7 cm)
Purchase 42.15
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Battle of Lights, Coney Island
Artist: Joseph Stella
Artist's Lifespan: 1877-1946
Title: Battle of Lights, Coney Island
Date: 1914
Location of Origin: United States
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original Size: 6 ft 4 in x 7 ft 1/4 in
Style: American Scene
Genre: Landscape
Commentary: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.
Brooklyn Bridge: Night
Artist: Joseph Stella
Artist's Lifespan: 1877-1946
Title: Brooklyn Bridge: Night
Date: 1922
Location of Origin: United States
Medium: Oil on canvas
Style: American Scene
Genre: Architecture (in the work)
New York Interpreted V: The Bridge
Artist: Joseph Stella
Artist's Lifespan: 1877-1946
Title: New York Interpreted V: The Bridge
Date: 1922
Location of Origin: United States
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original Size: 7 ft 3 in x 4 ft 6 1/4 in
Style: American Scene
Genre: Architecture (in the work)
Commentary: Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey.
Articles:
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Stella, Joseph
(b Muro Lucano, Italy, 13 June 1877; d New York, 5 Nov 1946). American
painter and collagist of Italian birth. He arrived in New York in 1896. The
following year he enrolled briefly in the Art Students League and then in the
New York School of Art (1898), where his ability was recognized by William
Merritt Chase. The Lower East Side subject-matter of Stella’s early work was
similar to that of his contemporaries of the New York Ashcan school. In place
of their dark-toned Impressionism, however, Stella’s early style was academic
in the manner of late 19th-century Italian painting. His first important
commission was to depict the industrial workers in Pittsburgh for Survey, a
social reform journal.
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+ Armory Show
o groups and movements
+ Dada, §2: New York, 1915–21
+ Precisionism
+ Society of Independent Artists
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+ Industrial scenes, §4: Prints and photographs
o teachers
+ Chase, William Merritt
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+ Industrial scenes, §2: Depictions of industrial landscape
+ Urban life, §2: The modern city
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