Minimalist Abstracted Landscape
Mid 20th Century Mixed Media
#D1395
$895
James Joseph DeMartis
This mid 20th century mixed media on paper abstracted landscape is by New York-born painter and influential participant in the city's postwar art scene, James Joseph DeMartis (1926-1996). Born and raised in Queens, he served in World War II before studying at the Museum of Modern Art's War Veterans' Art Center and the Art Students League of New York. From 1950 to 1954, he continued his artistic training at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy, studying painting and art restoration. Returning to New York in 1956, at the height of Abstract Expressionism, DeMartis drew upon the artistic traditions of the Italian Renaissance and the expressive freedom of American action painting to develop a distinctive visual language that transformed chaos into poetic alchemy. In 1961, he received the prestigious Emily Lowe Award for Painting, followed by exhibitions at several New York galleries, including ROKO, Ward Eggleston, Pietroantonio, and Artemis West, as well as the National Arts Club. He founded Manhattan's Armory Gallery and later Brooklyn's Brownstone Gallery, where he exhibited his own work alongside that of fellow artists while also working as an art framer and restorer. Throughout his career, DeMartis exhibited extensively across the United States, Europe, and Japan, creating a diverse body of work informed by both the history of art and the radical experimentation of postwar New York.
Mid 20th Century
Mixed Media on Paper
19"x23.25" unframed
Signed in the lower right. Excellent vintage condition. Minor wear along edges.
