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Joseph de Martini
U.S., 1896-1984
Monhegan Cliffs, n.d.
Gouache on board
11" x 13 1/2 in.
State Department Collection,
Purchase, War Assets Administration, 1948

Creating romantic interpretations of everyday scenes, Joseph de Martini divided his attention between darkened theaters and coastal scenes of New England. He was in his prime as an artist when abstraction became a popular style for American artists. A writer for Art Digest aptly wrote of de Martini's rugged seasides in 1942: "With painting-shadowed sides and strong, dark lines where rocks meet the water, he can create a pattern of great strength without declaring for abstraction and without losing the romance of place which gives his paintings their greatest appeal."

 

 


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