Janet Ament de la Roche (1916-2000) (Mrs. Victor Di Gesu), Married fellow artist Victor Di Gesu Post Impressionist, Abstract Figurative (CAA) Painter (oil); paper-mache STUDIED Chouinard Art Institute, LA, CA Los Angeles Art Center, LA, CA Otis Art Institute, LA, CA Academie De La Grande Chaumier, Paris, France Academie De Andre L'hote, Paris, France Academia Di Bell Arte, Rome, Italy Academie Des Belles Artes De San Jorge, Barcelona, Spain STUDIED WITH Ejnar Hansen, Earl Kerkam, Yves Brayer, Jean Aujame, Edouard Goerg, F. Tolles Chamberlain, George Stanley EXHIBITED Salon D'automne, Grand Palais, Paris, France 1954 Exposition Des Americains A Paris, Pershing Hall, Paris, France 1954 Prix D'othon Friez, Louvre, Paris, France 1954 Salon Des Artes Decortifs, Museum Of Modern Art, Paris, France 1955 The Gallerie Charpentier, Paris, France San Francisco Museum Of Art, SF, CA Carmel Rancho Gallery, CV, CA Oct 3 -18,1964 CA State Fair Seaside City Hall Exhibit, Seaside, CA 1974 Monterey County Art Annual, Best Of Show Sculpture, Monterey, CA, 1975 Monterey Peninsula Museum Of Art, Oh Well, Or Well: The Creative Spirit In 1984, Monterey, CA Sept 15  Oct 14, 1984 Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA * 75th Anniversary Historical Exhibition August 8 - September 4, 2002 * Janet De La Roche, Jay Hannah, Victor Di Gesu  Beardsley Room Aug 7  Sept 3 PG Art Center, A Salute To 14 Major Artists, Legacy Exhibit, PG, CA Jan 14 Mar 4, 1984 REFERENCES Artists Of Carmel15 Profiles, Dorothy Johnson, Dangelo Publishing Co.,1968 Art & Artists Of The Monterey Peninsula, Herald Printers & Publishers, 1970 Monterey Peninsula People  Portrait Of A Community, John C. Mccleary, Slow Limbo Publishing 1998 Janet was also featured in the film, Longtimers II, Senior Artists of the Monterey Peninsula, along with Anne Spencer, Eve Tartar, Hank Ketcham, Joe Nordman and John Cunningham.

B4-MG93-ZYWO

Expressionist landscape oil painting on board

Signed by the artist lower right and on verso

Titled "Catalonia" on verso (San Francisco Museum of Art Rental Gallery sticker affixed on verso)

Dated '64 lower right

Measures 20"" x 24"