John de Martelly

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
  1. 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.
  2. "de Martelly". www.museum.state.il.us.
  3. 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.
  4. Adams, Henry (May 7, 1989). Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original. Knopf. ISBN 9780394759586 – via Google Books.
  5. "Art Digest". Art Digest, Incorporated. May 7, 1938 – via Google Books.
  6. 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.
  7. Britannica, Encyclopaedia (May 7, 1946). "The Encyclopaedia Britannica Collection of Contemporary American Painting". Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated – via Google Books.
  8. Representatives, Michigan Legislature House of (May 7, 1975). "Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan" – via Google Books.
  9. "You are being redirected..." www.dia.org.
  10. "John Stockton de Martelly". FAMSF Search the Collections. September 21, 2018.
  11. "Kalamazoo Institute of Arts: Public Tour: African American Artists of the KIA Collection".
  12. "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


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