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John De Martelly

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John Stockton De Martelly (1903 - 1979) was active/lived in Missouri, Michigan.  John De Martelly is known for Figure, landscape, genre painting, illustration, lithography, etching.

John Stockton de Martelly was a lithographer*, etcher, painter, illustrator, teacher and writer.  He was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts*; and in Florence, Italy, as well as the Royal College of Art* in London.

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. 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. De Martelly was furious and quit.

De Martelly's lithographs, sold through the Associated American Artists* Galleries in New York in the 1930s and 1940s, captured the essence of the rural American landscape.

Eventually, de Martelly took a position as artist-in-residence at Michigan State University in East Lansing. By the late 1940s, he aband   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1656 characters.]  Artist bio

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2 Miscellaneous Magazine References for John De Martelly
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Artists of the Heartland from the October 2004 Berardi, Marianne Yes
American Art Review The Rediscovered Imperial Whiskey June 1999 Spence, Kim Yes
20 Book References for John De Martelly
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1995 Robertson, Bruce Representing America Ken Trevey Collection American Realist Prints
(Exhibition catalog)		 67 No
1993 Berardi, Marianne; Henry Adams Under the Influence: The Students Of Thomas Hart Benton 0 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1981 Nygren, Edward/Julie R Myers Of Time and Place American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery
(Exhibition catalog)		 196 Yes
1975 Mason, Lauris/Joan Ludman Print Reference Sources Bibliography 18th-20th Centuries 246 No
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1961 Mahony, Bertha E (others) Illustrators of Children's Books 1744-1945 527 No
1949 Reese, Albert American Prize Prints of the 20th Century 257 No
1946 Pagano, Grace; Donald Bear (Intro) Contemporary American Painting 260 Yes
1945 Crane, Aimee Portrait of America 204 Yes
1939 Craven, Thomas (editor) A Treasury of American Prints 100 Etchings and Lithographs by Living Artists 210 No
1939 Watson, Forbes (essay) American Painting Today 179 Yes
1937 Breckinridge, Mrs. H. (essay) Second National Exhibition of American Art Summer 1937
(Exhibition catalog)		 32 No
1936 Breckinridge, Mrs. (essay) First National Exhibition of American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 32 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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