Nationality American Role Artist | Name Joe Stefanelli Movement Abstract Expressionism | |
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Full Name Joseph J. Stefanelli Known for Abstract expressionist painter Education |
Joe stefanelli abstract expressionism new york school action painting
Joe Stefanelli (born 1921) also known as Joseph J. Stefanelli belonged to the New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose influence and artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized around the world. New York School Abstract Expressionism, represented by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and others became a leading art movement of the post-World War II era.
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- Joe stefanelli abstract expressionism new york school action painting
- Joe stefanelli abstract expressionism 1950s new york school 1950s
- Biography
- Studied painting
- Military Service in World War II
- Participation in the Downtown Art Scene
- Teaching Positions
- Selected Solo Exhibitions
- Selected Group Exhibitions
- Awards
- Works in Museums and Public Collections
- References
Joe stefanelli abstract expressionism 1950s new york school 1950s
Biography

Joe Stefanelli grew up in a large working-class Italian-American family in South Philadelphia. He was born March 20, 1921, in Philadelphia, PA.
Studied painting

Military Service in World War II

Joe Stefanelli entered the Army during World War II. Eventually he was working as an illustrator, from 1942 to 1946 provided field drawings that were published in “’Artists for Yank Magazine’’’. He traveled all over the South Pacific as a combat artist. Today these works are housed in the permanent collection of the World War II Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
Participation in the Downtown Art Scene
He had his studio in the Lower East Side, on 22nd Street. Stefanelli soon joined the "Downtown Group" which represented a group of artists who found studios in lower Manhattan. Franz Kline introduced Stefanelli to 'The Artists’ Club’. located at 39 East 8th Street. Joe Stefanelli was chosen by his fellow artists to show in the Ninth Street Show held on May 21-June 10, 1951. The show was located at 60 East 9th Street on the first floor and the basement of a building which was about to be demolished: "The artists celebrated not only the appearance of the dealers, collectors and museum people on the 9th Street, and the consequent exposure of their work but they celebrated the creation and the strength of a living community of significant dimensions."
Joe Stefanelli participated in 1951 and from 1954 to 1957 in the invitational New York Painting and Sculpture Annuals including the Ninth Street Show. These Annuals were important because the participants were chosen by the artists themselves.
Teaching Positions
By the 1960s Joe Stefanelli like many of his contemporaries taught art in major Universities.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
In 1988: Joe Stefanelli received a retrospective exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Selected Group Exhibitions
Awards
Joe Stefanelli has received number of awards: