Artist

Joseph Stella

1877–1946 · born in Muro Lucano · died in New York City

Joseph Stella was an Italian-born American painter, born in Muro Lucano, Italy, in 1877. He moved to New York at 19, painted its bridges, factories and amusement parks in a bold Futurist style and is best known for his images of the Brooklyn Bridge. He died in New York in 1946.