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Details
- Dimensions
- 16ʺW × 0.13ʺD × 19ʺH
- Styles
- Post Impressionist
- Art Subjects
- Figure
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Artist
- Victor Di Gesu
- Period
- 1960s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Oil Paint
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Design Modified, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Purple
- Condition Notes
- paper laid down on archival foam-core board; minor restoration, minor losses; unframed. paper laid down on archival foam-core board; minor restoration, minor losses; unframed. less
- Description
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Signed lower right, 'Di Gesu' for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988), painted circa 1965 and stamped verso with estate stamp. …
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Signed lower right, 'Di Gesu' for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988), painted circa 1965 and stamped verso with estate stamp.
A bold, Post-Impressionist figural oil of a young woman, shown seated on a bench with her knees drawn up.
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 and Yves Brayer at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. While in Paris, Di Gesu exhibited extensively, including at the Louvre, the Exposition des Artistes Étrangères, the Grand Palais of the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Arts Décoratifs among other Parisian Salons. He subsequently attended Barcelona's Escuela de Bellas Artes before furthering his studies in Rome at the Studio Hinna. Returning to California, Di Gesu worked beside several notable American Modernists including F. Tolles Chamberlain and Maynard Jepson.
Already a gifted colorist, Di Gesu’s classical training combined with his scientific research into color theory, allowed him to create vivid yet harmonious works which, while reminiscent of Matisse and Gauguin, revealed a verve and spontaneity that remained uniquely his own. A prolific artist, Victor Di Gesu was the recipient of numerous medals and juried awards, both in the United States and in France. After his return to California, he continued to exhibit widely and with success, including at the San Francisco Museum of Art, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, the Carmel Art Association and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. less
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