Joe Stefanelli
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WORKS
Joe Stefanelli | “B” Dominant” | 1997 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 31 x 38 cm
Joe Stefanelli | Fabian’s Choice | 1995 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 100 x 127 cm
Joe Stefanelli | Purple Fantasy | 2000 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 152 x 127 cm
Joe Stefanelli | The Sentinels | 1995 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 151 x 121 cm
Joe Stefanelli | The Three Buddies | 2002 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 86 x 102 cmcm
Joe Stefanelli | The Unknown | 2002 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 61 x 76 cm
Joe Stefanelli | Two Men Standing | 1995 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 52 x 60 cm
Joe Stefanelli | Y/B with Bird | 2002 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 127 x 102 cm
Joe Stefanelli | Two Worshipers | 1999 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 31 x 38 cm
Joe Stefanelli | G.S.Ghost | 2002 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 101 x 127 cm
Joe Stefanelli | The Duet | 1995 | Öl auf Leinwand | 51 cm diameter
Joe Stefanelli | Summer Number | 1996 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 150 x 125 cm
Joe Stefanelli | o.T. 17 | 1993 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 167 x 130 cm
Joe Stefanelli | The good omen | 1993 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 31 x 38 cm
Joe Stefanelli | Barbara’s Choice | 1983 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 51 x 62 cm
Joe Stefanelli | Instant Red | 2002 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 122 x 153 cm
Joe Stefanelli | Dasher Recycled | 1983 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 127 x 92 cm
Joe Stefanelli | Heraldic Pursuit | 1994 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 130 cm diameter
ARTIST
Joe Stefanelli
The artist Joe Stefanelli, who died in 2017, belonged, like the representatives Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning, to the Abstract Expressionism of the New York School. This art movement entered the art world with its legendary innovations in the 1940s and 1950s, and for the first time gave New York the status of a leading international art metropolis. Joe Stefanelli was born in Philadelphia in 1921.
After studying at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Joe Stefanelli worked as a war draftsman in the service of the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946.
His first experience with avant-garde ideas within the art scene came in 1947, when he joined Hans Hofmann’s School of Fine Arts in New York City. The latter’s art school, 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. A short time later, Franz Kline invited Joe Stefanelli to participate in the legendary “9th Street Show,” whose opening in May 1951 by Leo Castelli can be considered the official birth of Abstract Expressionism. For Stefanelli this meant the introduction into the circle of those famous Abstract Expressionists and the beginning of his artistic career.
John Russell, art critic of the New York Times, wrote in one of his articles about the artist:
“Joe Stefanelli is considered one of the leading lights of the New York School. He is an outstanding artist who is not easy to classify. He blends the broad sweep of the color-laden brush with a strong, straight line (which might be associated with the
handle of the brush is drawn) contrast. He is convincing on that dangerous ground where red and purple meet, and he manages to unite pink and light blue in a way that has been forgotten since Raoul Dufy died. He has a clear repertoire of shapes – circle, triangle, rectangle – and he can make it do somersaults all over the canvas.”
Joe Stefanelli held various teaching positions from 1960 to 1979, including at the University of California, Princeton University, New York University, Columbia University, Brooklyn College, and Temple University in Rome.
His work is represented in numerous museums and collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, the Walker Art Institute, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery, the Albright Museum, and the Walter P. Chrysler Collection. His work has also been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art. In Germany, the Ludwig Museum in Koblenz presented a retrospective in 2006.
In 2000, Joe Stefanelli was awarded the New York Krasner-Pollock Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2005 he received the Benjamin Altman Prize for painting from the National Academy Museum.
BIOGRAPHY
1921
Born in Philadelphia
1934 – 38
Graphic Scetch Club
1938 – 40
Philadelphia Museum School of Art
1940 – 41
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1942 – 45
Occupation as war draftsman
1946 – 47
Art Students League, Will Barnett
1947- 48
Hans Hofmann Academy
1960–1979
Teaching at: University of California, Berkeley, CA; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; New York University, New York, NY; Columbia University, New York, NY; Brooklyn College, New York, NY; Temple University, Rome, Italy
2017
passed away
EXHIBITIONS
YEARLY EXHIBITIONS
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Pennsylvania Academie, Pennsylvania
Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C.
University Illinois, IL
Albright Museum, New York
Walker Art Institute, MN
Museum of Modern Art, NY
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000s
2022
Joe Stefanelli – Barbara’s Choice, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt
2018
Joe Stefanelli Retrospektive, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt
2011
Joe Stefanelli Restrospektive, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt
2008
Suvretta House, St. Moritz, Schweiz
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt
2006
Ludwigmuseum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz
Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf
2005
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt
New York „Abstract Expressionism” Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Dr. Alexander Georgieff & Dr. Peter Sewing bei Georgieff Capital, Frankfurt
2004
Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf
CherryStoneGallery, Massachusetts
2003
Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt
Kunstverein Augsburg
2002
ART Frankfurt, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt
2001
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M.
Art Cologne, Galerie Barbara von Stechow
Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York City
2000
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M.
Art Frankfurt, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M.
Galerie Schröder & Dörr, Bergisch-Gladbach
1990s
1999
Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg
1998
Conrad Hinrich Donner Bank, Hamburg
1996
Galerie Hexagon, Aachen
Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln
1995
Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln
Denise Bibro Gallery, New York City
1994
Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln, Germany
1993
Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg, Germany
Bologna-Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1992
Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln, Germany
Benton Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1991
St. Mary’s College, Maryland
M 13 Gallery, New York City
1990
Cyrus Gallery, New York City
1980s
1989
Randall Gallery, St. Louis, Mass.
RH Love Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Morris Gallery), Pennsylvania
1988
Cyrus Gallery, New York City
Armstrong Gallery, New York City
Benton Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1987
Armstrong Gallery, New York City
1986
Barbara Ingber Gallery, New York City
1984
Barbara Ingber Gallery, New York City
1982
The New School, New York City
1981
Benson Gallery, New York City
1980
Landmark Gallery, New York City
1970s
1978
Temple University Abroad, Rom
1977
Andre Zarre, New York City
1974
Bertha Schaefer, New York City
1973
Bertha Schaefer, New York City
1971
Westbeth Galleries, New York City
1960s
1969
Pointdexter Gallery, New York City
1965
University of Arkansas, Little Rock
1964
Princeton University, New Jersey
1963
Hacker Gallery, New York City
Thibault Gallery, New York City
1960
Poindexter Gallery, New York City
1950s
1958
Poindexter Gallery, New York City
1957
Poindexter Gallery, New York City
1956
Ganymede Gallery, New York City
1954
Artist’ Gallery, New York City
1953
Hendler Gallery, Philadelphia
1952
New Gallery, New York City
1950
Artists’ Gallery, New York City
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
palmbeach3, Galerie Barbara von Stechow
2007
Fine Art Cologne, Galerie Barbara von Stechow
2004
Summer Group Exhibition, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York
1994
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: New York – Provincetown: A 50’s Connection, Provincetown
1963-64
Hans Hofmann and His Students, Wanderausstellung des Museum of Modern Art, New York City
1960
60 Americans: 1960, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1958
Whitney Biennal, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
1954-57
New York Artists‘ Annual Exhibition, Stable Gallery, New York City
1952-56
Tanager Gallery, New York City
1951
9th Street Show, New York City
1950
New Talent Show, ausgewählt von Clement Greenberg, Meyer Shapiro, Kootz Gallery, New York City
COLLECTIONS
Baltimore Museum
Ciba-Geigy Collection
Chase Manhattan Bank
Art Institute of Chicago
Conrad Hinrich Donner Bank
Cornell University
Corcoran Art Museum, Washington
Eugene V. Thaw Collection
Max Kozloff Collection
Montana Historical Society, Montana
New York University
Norfolk Art Museum
Robert Rosenblum Collection
Sarah Lawrence Collection
Union Carbide Collection
University of California Museum
University of Massachusetts
University of Montana
Walter P. Chrysler Collection
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Yellowstone Art Center, Montana
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