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Monterey Peninsula Herald
MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1964.
At Peninsula Galleries
Husband-wife Art Exhibit
By IRENE ALEXANDER
Victor DiGesu and his wife, Janet Ament, two talented and exceptionally well-trained artists who make their home in Pacific Grove, are represented in joint exhibition through Oct. 18 in the Community Room at Carmel Rancho.
Both painters work for the most part in dry, soft muted colors that project a feeling of fresco painting as well as singular freshness and spontaneity. Many of these themes are drawn from wide European travel, but are in no sense limitations of life - rather sensitive distillations.
DiGesu and his wife paint for visually sophisticated viewers and have a special appeal for those who find unending delight in exploring the complexities that emerge as haunting whites, or deceptively simple forms. These are two artists who demonstrate convincingly that they know what they are about.
While maintaining an individuallity in choice of subject and a subtle difference in style, both work in much the same key. Janet Ament has included to evocative street scenes, and a poignant bit of social comment in her "Black and White".
Much of Victor DiGesu's most striking work is found in his enchanting still life studies. His "Girl in White" employs a varying technique, in swirling stroke, dramatic in effect; his "Gypsy in Red" is an impressive figure of pride and grace.
Valued members of the Carmel Art Association, the two began their studies at the Chouinard and Jepson Art Institutes in Los Angeles, then took their advanced work in Europe, where they attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris, and the Escuela de Belles Artes de San Jorge in Barcelona in Spain and at art schools in Rome. Both studied with Andre l'Hote in Paris and DiGesu worked with Carlo Socrate in Rome, where Miss Ament studied at the Academy of Fine Arts.
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