Stella Maris (Self-Portrait)
Van Day Truex Fund, 1988
Catalogue
- Year
- 1987
- Dimensions
- 30 x 22 1/2 in. (76.2 x 57.2 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- John Bellany
Artist
Painting
John Bellany was a British painter whose monumental figurative works addressed trauma, mortality, and collective memory in the postwar era. Working primarily in oil on canvas, he developed a gestural, expressionistic approach marked by distorted human forms and densely layered surfaces that evoked both classical tradition and raw emotional urgency. His large-scale paintings often incorporated mythological and biblical references alongside contemporary social commentary. Bellany's work engaged with the psychological and physical legacies of conflict and displacement in mid-to-late twentieth-century Europe.
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Untitled from The Old Man and the Sea
1987 · Etching from a portfolio of ten etchings and four screenprints
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1987 · Etching from a portfolio of ten etchings and four screenprints
Untitled from The Old Man and the Sea
1987 · Etching from a portfolio of ten etchings and four screenprints
Untitled from The Old Man and the Sea
1987 · Screenprint from a portfolio of ten etchings and four screenprints
Untitled from The Old Man and the Sea
1987 · Etching from a portfolio of ten etchings and four screenprints
Untitled from The Old Man and the Sea
1987 · Etching from a portfolio of ten etchings and four screenprints
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- John Bellany
- Year
- 1987
- Dimensions
- 30 x 22 1/2 in. (76.2 x 57.2 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1987-014925
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified