Victor Di Gesu Portrait Paintings
American
Victor di Gesu first attended the Chouinard Art School before moving to Paris, where he studied with André Lhote at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. He subsequently attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona before furthering his studies in Italy. Returning to California, he worked with a variety of artists, including F. Tolles Chamberlain and Maynard Jepson. An intuitive colorist, Di Gesu’s classical training and scientific research into color theory helped him create vivid yet harmonious works which, while reminiscent of Matisse and Gauguin, retained a verve and spontaneity that was uniquely his own. A prolific artist, Di Gesu was the recipient of numerous medals and juried awards, both in the United States and France. He was the winner of the Prix Othon Friesz Prize. He exhibited widely and with success, including at the Louvre Museum and the Exposition des Artistes Etrangeres in Paris, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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Artist: Victor Di Gesu
'The Green Hat' Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, California Post-Impressionist
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and dated 1954.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Chouinard Art School before moving to Paris where he studied with Andre L’Hote...
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'Young Girl Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
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Signed lower right, 'Di Gesu' for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and dated 1971; additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Leslie'.
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'Janet Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
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Signed lower right, "Di Gesu", for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988); further signed and titled verso, and bearing original exhibition label.
A substantial figural oil showing Victor di Gesu's wife, the artist Janet Ament, with a white shawl over her knees and seated cross-legged in front of a large ficus. A major work by this notable California Fauve...
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Victor Di Gesu (1914-1988)
He met fellow artist, Janet Ament de la Roche while studying art at the Chouinard and Jepson Art Institutes in Los Angeles and they soon married. Eager to escape the "Sanity in Art" movement that had swept across the United States, they spent four years in Europe on the GI Bill and attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris, the Escuela de Belles Artes de San Jorge in Barcelona and schools in Italy. Both studied with Andre L'Hote, Yves Brayer and Jean Aujame and Victor also worked with Carlo Socrate.
Their works have received world wide recognition with exhibitions at numerous major galleries in Europe and the United Sates, including the Louvre, the Grand Palais in the Salon d'Automne, San Francisco Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum, San Francisco Civic Center and the Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art.
In 1956, they returned to the US and built a home in Pacific Grove, California. Shortly thereafter, prominent artist, Armin Hansen, promoted and sponsored Victor and Janet for membership into the Carmel Art Association.
Education:
Los Angeles Art Center, Los Angeles, California
Chouinard's, Los Angeles, California
Jepson's, Los Angeles, California
Academie de la Grande Chauniere, Paris, France
Academie Andre L'Hote, Paris, France
Escuela de Belles Artes de San Jorge, Barcelona, Spain
Studio Hinna, Rome, Italy
Studied with:
Preston Dickenson, Stanley B. Reckless, Lawrence Murphy
F.Tolles Chamberlain, Yves Brayer, Edouard Goerg
Jean Aujaume, Andre L'Hote, Carlo Socrate
Earl Kerkam, Maynard Jepson
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San Francisco Civic Center, San Francisco, California
Salon D'Automne - Grand Palais, Paris, France
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Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art 1982
Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California
Carmel Art Association, Carmel, California
James Reisner Fine Art, Carmel, California
Gerry Byrne Fine Art, Carmel, California
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