Purissima, Mother Most Pure, 1927 by Joseph Stella Thank You Card

Joseph Stella - Purissima, Mother Most Pure, 1927. Joseph Stella (1877-1946) was an Italian-born American Futurist painter best known for his depictions of industrial America, especially his images of the Brooklyn Bridge. He is also associated with the American Precisionist movement of the 1910s-1940s. Purissima is one in a series of exquisite, large-scale paintings featuring Madonnas painted to resemble early Christian icons and set in stylised, paradisiacal Italian landscapes. This example includes a view of the Mount Vesuvius gently erupting the distance.