Famous People with Name Stella

Joseph Stella            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Stella: was an Italian-born, American Futurist painter best known for his depictions of industrial America. He is associated with the American Precisionism movement of the 1910s-1940s. He was born in Muro Lucano, Italy but came to New York City in 1896. He studied at the Art Students League of New York under William Merritt Chase. His first paintings are Rembrandtesque depictions of city slum life. In 1908, he was commissioned for a series on industrial Pittsburgh later published in The Pittsburgh Survey.It was his return to Europe in 1909, and his first contact with modernism, that would truly mold his distinctive personal style.

Antonietta Stella            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Antonietta Stella: is an Italian operatic soprano, one of the finest Italian spinto sopranos of the 1950s and 1960s, possessing a beautiful and ample voice, and particularly associated with Verdi and Puccini roles.Stella studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia i

Gianfranco Stella            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Gianfranco Stella: was a former Italian cross country skier who competed in the 1960s. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo.