1936, Joseph Stella, Bridge -- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
From the museum label: In this painting Stella positions us on the center walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge. We glimpse the Manhattan cityscape through two dramatic, elongated archways that recall the sublimity of Gothic architecture, while suspension cables, plunging downward and stretching skyward, cradle our view. Stella emigrated from Basilicata, Italy, to New York's Lower East Side in 1896. Forty years later he remained fascinated by the bridge as a feat of construction and for its awe-inspiring design. He equated the structure to a "shrine containing all the efforts of the new civilization of America."
1936, Joseph Stella, Bridge -- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
From the museum label: In this painting Stella positions us on the center walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge. We glimpse the Manhattan cityscape through two dramatic, elongated archways that recall the sublimity of Gothic architecture, while suspension cables, plunging downward and stretching skyward, cradle our view. Stella emigrated from Basilicata, Italy, to New York's Lower East Side in 1896. Forty years later he remained fascinated by the bridge as a feat of construction and for its awe-inspiring design. He equated the structure to a "shrine containing all the efforts of the new civilization of America."