Biography from Cline Fine Art:
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Stella was born in Italy, and moved to New York City in 1896. He made a
name for himself in the early 1900's as a Social-Realist illustrator.
In 1912, however, he spent a year in Paris where he was greatly
influenced by Fauvism, Cubism, and Futurism and made a radical change
to a more abstract style.
Stella returned to New York to
exhibit several paintings in the 1913 Armory Show. Stella, along with
recent New York arrivals Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, became associated
with the Walter and Louise Arensberg group. His work from this period
catapulted Stella from obscure illustrator to that of famous American
modernist.
His work is included in the collections of most major American museums
of art, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of
Modern Art, NY and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Source: Cline Fine Art
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Biography from AskART:
| Born in Muro Lucano, near Naples, Italy, Joseph Stella is best known for his painting Brooklyn Bridge, 1919 a futurist work that is an icon of the Industrial Age.
He
arrived in the United States in 1896 and studied medicine and
pharmacology and then attended the Art Students League under William
Merritt Chase. From 1900 -1909, he was an illustrator, especially
interested in immigrant life in New York. One of his assignments
was in Pittsburgh to do a series of industrial drawings, and this
experience seems to have begun his interest in the subject of cities
and the way industry affected people's lives.
From 1909 to 1912,
he was in Europe, particularly France and Italy, and associated with
modernists including Matisse and Modigliani. He exhibited at the
1913 Armory Show and from then on was associated with the avant garde
including Duchamp, Man Ray, etc. He lived primarily in New York
City and did a series of Futurist paintings of the city including Coney Island Battle of Lights that he exhibited at the Armory Show.
From
1927 to 1934, he was in Rome and Paris, and in 1940 traveled to the
West Indies. Although most of his Futurist paintings were done between
1912 and 1923, he continued to reinterpret those subjects until his
death in 1946.
Source:
Artist files, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
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Joseph Stella is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
New York Armory Show of 1913
Modernism
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