Helga Voci; photo taken @ 1983
We celebrate the “radiant” Helga birthday on June 6th.
Helga will be cherishing her day with family and friends.
Below are a few images of the “Life of Helga“
The Diego Voci Project Team wishes Helga Voci a year of good health, good fortune and good wishes! Visit the biography of Helga and Diego to learn more; https://www.diegovociproject.com/helga-and-diego
Diego Voci; Arlequin avec Mandoline #161-428, oil on canvas 60x80cm
Ltc. Leigh Ogden purchased this painting back in 1976 in Ramstein, Germany. Who owns this painting now? Where is this painting? Contact the all volunteer project team at diegovociproject@gmail.com.
Diego Voci loved music, he hummed while he painted quotes Helga Voci, widow of Diego.
To Learn more about Helga Voci and all of her wonderful memories of Diego, visit: https://www.diegovociproject.com/helga-and-diego
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“This foto is Christine in front of the collection at Ramstein Officers Club with a letter from the wive’s club.” – Helga Voci (Christine Khan was Diego’s art representative during the 1980’s.)
In the image below:
Phyllis Maynard of Ramstein OWC states “Diego’s contributions towards the Officer’s wives Club fundraising was a success with Diego’s works and donations”.
To learn more about Helga and Diego’s life together: https://www.diegovociproject.com/helga-and-diego
To view Lithographs by Diego: https://www.diegovociproject.com/acquire-graphics-shopping
“HELGA and DIEGO” by Helga Voci
Helga (here in the image) enjoying the moment in a Paris Bistro.
CHAPTER 3 Paris Summer 1960 to February 1962
“In Paris summer 1960… I got very sick and I was in the Hospital for 3 months. I was very weak when I came out and had lost a lot of weight, so in order to get strong again Diego went with me to South France. We stayed in very good hotels; he made me eat a lot of very good food, a very calm life. At that time he did very beautiful drawings, but he did not keep them, he gave them to people in Hotels or to friends. We stayed there until November 1960.
From there I flew to Munich and stayed some weeks over Christmas in Bavaria with my family while Diego went to London. He rented a beautiful furnished apartment in SoHo. In January 1961, I followed him to London. I studied English and Diego made some paintings and drawings. From time to time he made caricatures in American Officer’s clubs. He did not look for Galleries to make exhibits. When I asked him, he always said: “I`m not ready yet, I have to study more.”
The weather was very bad in London and Diego wanted to go south to the sun. So we decided to go to Spain in October 1961. We took the car and went southward, stopped in several cities and after about 1 month we arrived in the Andalusia region in a very beautiful little fishing village called Almunecar. This was an artist`s colony, all kind of artists from different countries. We stayed until January 1962. We had a beautiful and very interesting time with long discussions, Diego also made paintings and drawings but he never kept anything, when the painting was finished he was not interested anymore and made presents to friends. He was very popular among the Spanish people also the higher class and he felt wonderful.
In February 1962 we left Spain and went to Morocco, first to Casablanca and Tangier and then he was supposed to go to Marrakech to do some work in an American Officers’ Club. I had to go to Germany for personal reasons, so I flew to Munich while Diego stayed in Marrakech.”
AC DV History 6/10/2010 Post #36
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