biography
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Stella, Joseph
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originally Giuseppe Stella
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1877–1946)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Muro Lucano, Italy. The uncle of Frank Stella, he emigrated to New York City (1896), studied at the New York School of Art under William Merritt Chase (1898), and was an illustrator for many periodicals. He travelled to Europe (1910–12) and was influenced by the Italian futurists, who stressed a dynamic and kinetic approach to art. He returned to New York (1913), travelled frequently, but settled in Queens, New York (1935). His brightly coloured and energetic canvases, such as ‘Battle of Lights, Coney Island’ (1913), were followed by a series of abstract panels, as in ‘The Bridge’ (1926), and later by symbolic paintings. |
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