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Water Lily and Woodchuck

Creator: Joseph Stella
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Joseph Stella painted in varied styles throughout his life but is perhaps best known for his expressive and emotional paintings of the Brooklyn Bridge. Stella's works are mostly abstract, combining thick sweeping gestures with dramatic perspectival recession. He is hailed as America's first Futurist artist, and also incorporated Cubist techniques and elements of an emerging symbolist movement in his work. Ever interested in emerging urban themes, Stella returned repeatedly to the subject of the Brooklyn Bridge, his frenetic images reflecting the personal experience living in lower Manhattan as an immigrant and dueling feelings of raw urban frustration mixed with profound awe for the industrial icon. For Stella, the Brooklyn Bridge became a symbol of modern life, full of excitement and motion, while also representing stability and solidarity.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States
Period:	1900-1919
Materials:	Gouache and watercolor on board
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	1915
Styles / Movements:	Post Impressionism, Surrealism, Expressionism
Catalog References:	ProvenanceL Doyle New York
Incollect Reference #:	194930

Dimensions

W.	20 in;	H.	14 in;
W.	50.8 cm;	H.	35.56 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.