s ▁pure ▁creation .” ▁  H is ▁works ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁employed ▁both ▁still ▁life ▁and ▁landscape ▁as ▁pre text s ▁for ▁master ly ▁exer cis es ▁in ▁nearly ▁abstract ▁p ict orial ▁construction ▁related ▁to ▁cub ism ▁and ▁f au v ism . ▁ ▁During ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁Joseph ▁was ▁draft ed . ▁After ▁the ▁war ▁he ▁formed ▁" a ▁kind ▁of ▁a ▁group " ▁with ▁Robert ▁Black burn , ▁Charles ▁White , ▁Larry ▁Pot ter , ▁and ▁Regin ald ▁Gam mon ▁and ▁made ▁wood cut s . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁after ▁he ▁received ▁fellow ships ▁he ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁Peru ▁and ▁then ▁to ▁Paris , ▁where ▁his ▁work ▁grew ▁increasing ly ▁abstract . ▁When ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁New ▁York , ▁he ▁lived ▁in ▁Green wich ▁Village ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁paint , ▁but ▁with ▁little ▁recognition . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁feeling ▁disc ou rag ed ▁about ▁his ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁art ▁scene ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁Ron ald ▁Joseph ▁left ▁the ▁US ▁for ▁Br uss els , ▁where ▁he ▁continued ▁his ▁art istic ▁career . ▁ ▁Selected ▁Ex hib itions ▁ ▁April ▁ 1 6 ▁- ▁May ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 9 3 7 : ▁Ex hib ition ▁by ▁the ▁Har lem ▁Art ists ' ▁Gu ild ▁ ▁- ▁American ▁Art ists ▁School ▁▁▁ 1 9 3 9 : ▁Contempor ary ▁Neg ro ▁Art ▁- ▁ ▁Baltimore ▁Museum ▁of ▁Art ▁▁ ▁December ▁ 9 ,