GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Simple curving, branching forms dividing the composition indicate Joseph Stella's allegiance to the principles of abstraction. At the same time, they contain a powerfully personal meaning for the artist, as they give visual form to his childhood memories of the sound of a singing nightingale transforming the sleeping Italian countryside. The artist explored this theme in several subsequent works throughout his career.
Born in Italy, Joseph Stella moved to New York at age nineteen. Although he initially painted scenes of urban life in a manner similar to that of the Ashcan school artists, he was transformed by the dynamic abstraction of European modernism, which he encountered on a return trip to Italy in 1910-11.
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William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label text, 2005
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c. 1917
Search dates are 1907-1927, changed to five on each side
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Stella, Joseph (American, 1877-1946)
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n.d.: Mr. & Mrs. Solomon Ethe, New York
n.d.: Lewis Gittler, New York
By 1960: Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago
From 1963: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Foundation for the Arts Collection [1][2]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
[2] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation's collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC~Read a biography of Joseph Stella from the Phillips Collection.
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General Description
Simple curving, branching forms dividing the composition indicate Joseph Stella's allegiance to the principles of abstraction. At the same time, they contain a powerfully personal meaning for the artist, as they give visual form to his childhood memories of the sound of a singing nightingale transforming the sleeping Italian countryside. The artist explored this theme in several subsequent works throughout his career.
Born in Italy, Joseph Stella moved to New York at age nineteen. Although he initially painted scenes of urban life in a manner similar to that of the Ashcan school artists, he was transformed by the dynamic abstraction of European modernism, which he encountered on a return trip to Italy in 1910-11.
Excerpt from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label text, 2005
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC~Read a biography of Joseph Stella from the Phillips Collection.
Notes
c. 1917
Search dates are 1907-1927, changed to five on each side
Object file reviewed
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Stella, Joseph (American, 1877-1946)
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Mr. & Mrs. Solomon Ethe, New York
n.d.: Lewis Gittler, New York
By 1960: Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago
From 1963: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Foundation for the Arts Collection [1][2]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
[2] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation's collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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