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When did Joseph Stella paint the Brooklyn Bridge?
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Joseph Stella first painted the Brooklyn Bridge in 1918. He actually returned to the subject numerous times, completing additional paintings of the landmark in 1918, 1920, 1939 and 1941. Examining these paintings side by side shows how Stella's style became more and more abstract over the course of his career. Explore an assortment of Joseph Stella art on 1stDibs.
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"Man with Beard"
By Joseph Stella
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an Joseph Stella original pencil drawing “man with beard” . In good condition comes from joseph Stella’s estate. In good condition measu...
Category
Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Middle Eastern Man with Turban and Blue Cloak in Profile against Yellow
By Joseph Stella
Located in Miami, FL
Portrait in primary blues and yellow of perhaps a Persian man. He is in profile set against a decorative yellow background with floral elements. The work...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Blue Waterlily
By Joseph Stella
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Born in Italy, Joseph Stella immigrated to New York City at the age of nineteen and went on to become one of America’s foremost modernist painters. He remained deeply loyal to his It...
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Corner of Barbados
By Joseph Stella
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Joseph Stella(1877-1946)
A Corner of Barbados, 1937
Oil on canvas, 11 x 15 inches (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Inscribed on verso: A corner of / Barbados / O:P by / Joseph Stella
Provenance
The artist;
By bequest to his nephew, Sergio Stella, 1946;
By descent in the family, until the present
Joseph Stella’s artistic career defies easy categorization. He was simultaneously a modernist and traditionalist, a dual citizen of the Old and New World, a bold experimenter and masterful practitioner of time-honored artistic techniques. His iconic paintings of New York City, such as the Brooklyn Bridge and Coney Island, celebrate modernity and the Machine Age, while his exuberant paintings of the natural world speak to the spiritual revelation that guided and grounded him throughout his life. Until recently, the divergent aspects of Stella’s career “confounded his legacy.” But in Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature, the multi-venue museum exhibition that focuses on the artist’s lifelong engagement with nature, a more complete and nuanced understanding of his career has emerged.
Stella’s work of flora and fauna demonstrate his deep connection to and close observational study of nature to invigorate his creativity and sustain his human spirit. Indeed, nature was a salve to his woes about life and the modern age. He made countless drawings and paintings of flowers, many of which were done at the New York Botanical Garden – a favorite place for the artist. In these works, Stella explored new styles and pressed the limits of his imagination. Like nature itself, he was always changing, always growing.
Stella found himself in Barbados in 1937, when then health of his wife had declined and she asked him to bring her home. He loved the island paradise, as it reawakened his creativity and love the natural world, much as his returns to Italy did. Although he remained in Barbados for only five months, the landscape he absorbed and the motifs he developed fueled his art for the next three years. The Barbados paintings...
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
STUDY OF A MAN WITH A HAT AND OVERCOAT
By Joseph Stella
Located in Portland, ME
Stella, Joseph. STUDY OF A MAN WITH A HAT AND OVERCOAT. Blue, red and black crayon on tan wove paper, c. 1920. 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 173 x 120 mm. Signe...
Category
1920s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
"Original Joseph Stella Drawing" - 20th Century Portrait Pencil Drawing
By Joseph Stella
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pencil sketch by famed American Modernist Joseph Stella, who burst on to the American scene at the epochal Armory Show of 1913 and whose work is today in the collections of every m...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
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