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Museums page for Joseph Stefanelli ((1921 - 2017)), known for Non objective imagery, collage. Showing 3 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1921 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 2017. Known for: Non objective imagery, collage.
After studying at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, from 1942 to 1946 Joe Stefanelli served in the US Army working as a combat illustrator. He gathered... Read full biography
After studying at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, from 1942 to 1946 Joe Stefanelli served in the US Army working as a combat illustrator. He gathered his first experience with avant-garde ideas within the art scene as of 1947, when he enrolled in Hans... Read full biography
After studying at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, from 1942 to 1946 Joe Stefanelli served in the US Army working as a combat illustrator. He gathered his first experience with avant-garde ideas within the art scene as of 1947, when he enrolled in Hans Hofmann’s School of Fine Arts in New York City. The latter’s art school, which opened in 1934, exerted a great influence on the young painters of the New York School. In 1950 the two important art... Read full biography
After studying at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, from 1942 to 1946 Joe Stefanelli served in the US Army working as a combat illustrator. He gathered his first experience with avant-garde ideas within the art scene as of 1947, when he enrolled in Hans Hofmann’s School of Fine Arts in New York City. The latter’s art school, which opened in 1934, exerted a great influence on the young painters of the New York School. In 1950 the two important art critics Meyer Shapiro and Clement Greenberg selected works by Stefanelli for their “New Talent Show” at the Kootz Gallery in New York. Shortly afterwards, Franz Kline invited Joe Stefanelli to take part in the legendary “9th Street Show”: its in May... Read full biography
After studying at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, from 1942 to 1946 Joe Stefanelli served in the US Army working as a combat illustrator. He gathered his first experience with avant-garde ideas within the art scene as of 1947, when he enrolled in Hans Hofmann’s School of Fine Arts in New York City. The latter’s art school, which opened in 1934, exerted a great influence on the young painters of the New York School. In 1950 the two important art critics Meyer Shapiro and Clement Greenberg selected works by Stefanelli for their “New Talent Show” at the Kootz Gallery in New York. Shortly afterwards, Franz Kline invited Joe Stefanelli to take part in the legendary “9th Street Show”: its in May 1951 by Leo Castelli can be regarded as the official birth of Abstract Expressionism. For Stefanelli that constituted his introducti... Read full biography
Joseph Stefanelli - Artist Info
About Joseph Stefanelli: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (3)
All MuseumsWhitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014Yellowstone Art Museum
401 North 27th Street
Billings, MT 59101