Victor Di Gesu (1914-1988) Post Impressionist, Abstract Figurative Born in Longmeadow, MA. Married fellow artist, Janet Ament de la Roche 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 EXHIBITED San Francisco Museum of Art, 1948 Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California San Francisco Civic Center, San Francisco, California Salon D'Automne - Grand Palais, Paris, France Louvre - Paris, France Exposition des Artists Etrangers a Paris Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California Carmel Art Association, Carmel, California James Reisner Fine Art, Carmel, California Gerry Byrne Fine Art, Carmel, California Victor also taught art on the Monterey Peninsula from 1970 until his death in 1988. Victor Di Gesu was featured by the Carmel Art Association in their 75th Anniversary Historical Exhibition (August 8 - September 4, 2002). This special exhibit bridges the seventy five years of its existence with paintings by seventy five deceased members who played an integral role in its history, as well as presenting new works by its present members. In 1948, Victor Di Gesu was invited to submit two paintings for the most important San Francisco Art event of the year. An oil painting, Torso of a Woman, was accepted for exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Art. Fellow artists chosen to exhibit included Bay Area Figurists Richard Diebenkorn, Samuel Francis, Frank Lobdell, David Park, Elmer Bischoff, Hassel Smith and Barbara Stevenson (Judith Deim).

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Oil Painting on Canvas By Victor Di Gesu

Measures 11" x 15" Unframed

Signed By Artist Lower Right

Dated November 1987 Lower Left