Oil on canvas 25 x 19 in. 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, CaliforniaChouinard's, Los Angeles, CaliforniaJepson's, Los Angeles, CaliforniaAcademie de la Grande Chauniere, Paris, FranceAcademie Andre L'Hote, Paris, FranceEscuela de Belles Artes de San Jorge, Barcelona, SpainStudio Hinna, Rome, ItalyStudied with:Preston Dickenson, Stanley B. Reckless, Lawrence MurphyF.Tolles Chamberlain, Yves Brayer, Edouard GoergJean Aujaume, Andre L'Hote, Carlo SocrateEarl Kerkam, Maynard JepsonExhibited:San Francisco Museum of Art, 1948Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CaliforniaSan Francisco Civic Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaSalon D'Automne - Grand Palais, Paris, FranceLouvre - Paris, FranceExposition des Artists Etrangers a ParisMonterey Peninsula Museum of Art 1982Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CaliforniaCarmel Art Association, Carmel, CaliforniaJames Reisner Fine Art, Carmel, CaliforniaGerry Byrne Fine Art, Carmel, CaliforniaVictor 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).Source:Information courtesy of Jonathan Clark

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