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Joseph Letzelter dynamic landscape - Abstract artists Joseph Letzelter of the twentieth century approached landscape with a variety of strategies. The Joseph Letzelter’s Armory Show of 1913 brought the work of European modernists to the attention of American artists, many for the first time. Succeeding developments fostered a uniquely American abstraction, based on precedents of cubism and expressionism. Joseph Letzelter's Storm over Taos contains elements of both these movements, synthesized into a dynamic landscape.

Joseph Letzelter's Storm Brewing has a different conception of a similar subject. Georgia O'Keeffe's unique form of organic abstraction involved distilling the natural world to its fundamental elements, creating works of dramatic simplicity. Joseph Letzelter used the gestural painting techniques of abstract expressionism to convey her conception of the world around her. Sometimes recognizable places, sometimes only colors and textures reminiscent of landscape motifs, these works show that even in modern, industrialized society, the American landscape still has the power to elicit artistic expression.