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American painter
John Stockton de Martelly (1903–1979) was a lithographer, etcher, painter, illustrator, teacher and writer.
Early life
John de Martelly was born in 1903
[1] in
Philadelphia and studied at the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts , in
Florence, Italy , as well as the
Royal College of Art in
London .
[2] In the 1930s and 1940s, he taught
printmaking at the
Kansas City Art Institute to the same students who studied painting with
Thomas Hart Benton .
Works
De Martelly became a close friend of Benton, and was influenced by his
Regionalist style. When Benton was fired from the Art Institute, the Board of Governors offered de Martelly Benton's job as head of the Painting Department.
[3] De Martelly was furious and quit.
[4] De Martelly's lithographs, sold through the
Associated American Artists Galleries in New York in the 1930s and 1940s,
[5] captured the essence of the rural American landscape.
In 1943, de Martelly began teaching at
Michigan State University in
East Lansing , where he was named artist-in-residence in 1946.
[6]
[7]
[8] By the late 1940s, de Martelly abandoned Regionalism for
Abstract Expressionism and closely studied
Daumier .
Death
He died in 1979.
[1]
Collections
References
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b Art, Georgia Museum of; Manoguerra, Paul A.; Simon, Janice (May 7, 2011).
One Hundred American Paintings . Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia.
ISBN
9780915977741 – via Google Books.
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"de Martelly" . www.museum.state.il.us .
^ Berardi, Marianne; Adams, Henry (January 1, 1993).
Under the Influence: The Students of Thomas Hart Benton . Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art.
ISBN
9780961537227 – via Google Books.
^ Adams, Henry (May 7, 1989).
Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original . Knopf.
ISBN
9780394759586 – via Google Books.
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"Art Digest" . Art Digest, Incorporated. May 7, 1938 – via Google Books.
^ Thomas, David (May 7, 2008).
Michigan State College: John Hannah and the Creation of a World University, 1926-1969 . Michigan State University Press.
ISBN
9780870137723 – via Google Books.
^ Britannica, Encyclopaedia (May 7, 1946).
"The Encyclopaedia Britannica Collection of Contemporary American Painting" . Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated – via Google Books.
^ Representatives, Michigan Legislature House of (May 7, 1975).
"Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan" – via Google Books.
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"You are being redirected..." www.dia.org .
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"John Stockton de Martelly" . FAMSF Search the Collections . September 21, 2018.
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"Kalamazoo Institute of Arts: Public Tour: African American Artists of the KIA Collection" .
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"John Stockton De Martelly | Smithsonian American Art Museum" . americanart.si.edu .
The Artists Bluebook. Lonnie Pierson Dunbar, editor. March 2005.
Davenport's Art Reference. Ray Davenport. 2005.
Who Was Who in American Art. Peter Hastings Falk (editor). 1999
Kansas City Regional Art. Associated American Artists. New York. 1940
International National Artists Other