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Theodoros Stamos"Untitled" Theodoros Stamos, Abstract Expressionist, Greens, Pink and White1956
1956
$60,000
£45,834.09
€52,663.27
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About the Item
Theodoros Stamos
Untitled, 1956
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
54 x 48 inches
Procenance
The artist
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Hudson Valley, New York
Estate of the above
Exhibited
New York, Graham Shay 1857, Modernist American Paintings and Sculpture 1925 to 1985, May 1 - June 28, 2019.
New York, Lincoln Glenn Gallery and Graham Shay 1857, 150 Years of Influential Instructors: Historical Teachers at the Art Students League, January 16 - February 28, 2025.
The son of Greek immigrants, Theodoros Stamos was a first-generation member of the influential New York School of modern artists. The youngest of that cohort of Abstract Expressionists—which included Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko—Stamos was a devoted practitioner who continued to explore shape and color into the movement’s maturation in the second half of the twentieth century. Unlike many Abstract Expressionists who took an improvisational approach to their compositions and execution, Stamos always carefully controlled his paint, harnessing what he believed to be an artist’s “spiritual power, which communicates life and meaning to material form.”
The native New Yorker was precocious, enrolling at the age of thirteen at the American Artists School. He initially studied sculpture, but soon switched to painting and was basically self-taught. He regularly visited the city’s galleries and came to admire the work of Arthur Dove and Milton Avery. Stamos’ painterly talents were soon recognized by such pivotal figures as Betty Parsons, who began to exhibit his work in 1943, and by the Whitney Museum of American Art, which included him in its 1945 Whitney Biennial. Much of his early work consisted of biomorphic forms inspired by his many visits to the Museum of Natural History. An inveterate traveler, Stamos visited his ancestral homeland in 1948 and was captivated by the light and intense colors of the Greek landscape.
The year 1950 was a high point for the artist. The Phillips Gallery in Washington, DC, renowned for its collection of works by Dove, hosted a solo exhibition of Stamos’ paintings. That year also marked the first of four summers Stamos spent teaching at Black Mountain College. Enthralled by the North Carolina countryside, he turned to landscape-derived imagery, later recalling: “My studio looked over some beautiful farmland and mountains that were almost always shrouded in veils of mists.” While at Black Mountain, he met the influential art critic Clement Greenberg. An advocate of Abstract Expressionism who had the power to make or break careers, Greenberg once published a negative review of Stamos’ work. Years later, Greenberg recognized Stamos’ import and retracted his earlier opinion: “I scorched his show and I was wrong.”
In May 1950, Stamos joined other avant-garde artists in a protest against the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accusing it of a conservative and outmoded attitude toward contemporary American art. The January 1951 issue of Life featured an infamous photograph of eighteen artists, whom the magazine labeled “The Irascibles.” Stamos sat in the front row along with Mark Rothko, who became a lifelong friend. The pair’s painting was similar in style: large format spans of color with soft edges that are bled into the canvas. After Rothko committed suicide in 1970, Stamos served as an executor of his estate and was later embroiled in a multi-million dollar lawsuit that, for a time, tarnished his reputation.
Stamos joined the faculty of the Arts Students League in 1955 and remained an instructor there for twenty-two years. He continued to travel extensively and created series based on several sites including Jerusalem, Delphi, and Lefkada, an island in the Ionian Sea.
- Creator:Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997, American)
- Creation Year:1956
- Dimensions:Height: 55.5 in (140.97 cm)Width: 49.5 in (125.73 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Unique workPrice: $60,000
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1841217056262
Theodoros Stamos
The Greek American artist, Theodoros Stamos, was born in 1922 in New York City into a family of Greek immigrants. He was a member of The Irascibles group which consisted of the first generation of the New York School and Abstract Expressionism. Members included Jimmy Ernst, Barnett Newman, James Brooks, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, Robert Motherwell, Ad Reinhardt, and others. Betty Parsons hosted a solo exhibition of Stamos work in 1943 when he was only 21 years old. In the years following, Parsons served as a vital mentor helping Stamos establish his position in the contemporary art world. Stamos early works from the 1940’s incorporated organic motifs and earthy coloring. As a member of The Irascibles, Stamos was influenced by his fellow members and his technique began to shift towards a more expressionist style. His works became increasingly simplified in the subsequent years, tending towards greater abstraction. Areas of flat color contrast one another to create a sense of depth in his works. Stamos taught at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, the Art Students League in New York, and the Cummington School of Fine Arts in Massachusetts. His art is owned by many major collections including The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC; Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York; and the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago Illinois. He passed away in 1997 in Greece.
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