Leon D'Usseau Paintings

LEON D'USSEAU "BAY MEADOWS RACE TRACK" OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1950S 30 X 48 INCHES Leon D'Usseau 1918-1991 Born in Los Angeles, CA on March 21, 1918. Leon was the son of an art director at Paramount Pictures. He anglicized his name to Dusso and studied under Merrill Gage and Archipenko at the Chouinard Art Institute. He was active as an artist in his native city and a resident of Sherman Oaks, CA in the 1960s. He died in Lake Elsinore, CA on Nov. 23, 1991. His painting style was influenced by Mayan or Incan designs. Exh: LACMA, 1937-40; CPLH, 1941; MM, 1942; LA AA, 1944; Audubon Ass'n, 1945; Calif. WC Society, 1946; Laguna Festival of Arts. In: Marshall Field and Palmer House (Chicago); Dallas Museum He began training under the guidance of his father, who was among the first of the fine art directors in motion pictures. Dusso was twelve years of age when he started drawing seriously. At a mere fifteen years, he received a working scholarship at Chouinard School of Art in Los Angeles where he taught a quick sketch class in life drawing. According to Dusso, after spending eight years as a make-up artist at M.G.M. a growing need for deeper personal expresson caused me to abandon this lucrative occupation for one more spiritually rewarding. Dusso is listed in Who's Who in Western Art. His oil paintings have been purchased and used in the making of the film Man in the Grey Flannel Suit, and the film Anything Goes, as well as the Perry Mason...

LEON D'USSEAU "RESTING NUDE" OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED CALIFORNIA, C.1955 14 X 40 INCHES 48 INCHES OVEALL, ORIGINAL FRAME Leon D'Usseau 1918-1991 Born in Los Angeles, CA on March 21, 1918. Leon was the son of an art director at Paramount Pictures. He anglicized his name to Dusso and studied under Merrill Gage and Archipenko at the Chouinard Art Institute. He was active as an artist in his native city and a resident of Sherman Oaks, CA in the 1960s. He died in Lake Elsinore, CA on Nov. 23, 1991. His painting style was influenced by Mayan or Incan designs. Exh: LACMA, 1937-40; CPLH, 1941; MM, 1942; LA AA, 1944; Audubon Ass'n, 1945; Calif. WC Society, 1946; Laguna Festival of Arts. In: Marshall Field and Palmer House (Chicago); Dallas Museum He began training under the guidance of his father, who was among the first of the fine art directors in motion pictures. Dusso was twelve years of age when he started drawing seriously. At a mere fifteen years, he received a working scholarship at Chouinard School of Art in Los Angeles where he taught a quick sketch class in life drawing. According to Dusso, after spending eight years as a make-up artist at M.G.M. a growing need for deeper personal expresson caused me to abandon this lucrative occupation for one more spiritually rewarding. Dusso is listed in Who's Who in Western Art. His oil paintings have been purchased and used in the making of the film Man in the Grey Flannel Suit, and the film Anything Goes, as well as the Perry Mason...

LEON D'USSEAU "STANDING NUDE" OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED CALIFORNIA, C.1955 24 X 7.75 INCHES Leon D'Usseau 1918-1991 Born in Los Angeles, CA on March 21, 1918. Leon was the son of a...

LEON D'USSEAU "THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS" OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED CALIFORNIA, C.1955 24 X 48 INCHES Leon D'Usseau 1918-1991 Born in Los A...

LEON D'USSEAU "THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS" OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED CALIFORNIA, C.1955 24 X 48 INCHES Leon D'Usseau 1918-1991 Born in Los Angeles, CA on March 21, 1918. Leon was the son of an art director at Paramount Pictures. He anglicized his name to Dusso and studied under Merrill Gage and Archipenko at the Chouinard Art Institute. He was active as an artist in his native city and a resident of Sherman Oaks, CA in the 1960s. He died in Lake Elsinore, CA on Nov. 23, 1991. His painting style was influenced by Mayan or Incan designs. Exh: LACMA, 1937-40; CPLH, 1941; MM, 1942; LA AA, 1944; Audubon Ass'n, 1945; Calif. WC Society, 1946; Laguna Festival of Arts. In: Marshall Field and Palmer House (Chicago); Dallas Museum He began training under the guidance of his father, who was among the first of the fine art directors in motion pictures. Dusso was twelve years of age when he started drawing seriously. At a mere fifteen years, he received a working scholarship at Chouinard School of Art in Los Angeles where he taught a quick sketch class in life drawing. According to Dusso, after spending eight years as a make-up artist at M.G.M. a growing need for deeper personal expresson caused me to abandon this lucrative occupation for one more spiritually rewarding. Dusso is listed in Who's Who in Western Art. His oil paintings have been purchased and used in the making of the film Man in the Grey Flannel Suit, and the film Anything Goes, as well as the Perry Mason...

LEON D'USSEAU "WOMAN WITH DOVE" OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1950 40 x 20 INCHES ORIGIAL PERIOD FRAME Leon D'Usseau 1918-1991 ...