Christie’s shares “A good portrait offers so much more than the depiction of another person — it can offer a glimpse into their soul.”
Both #Gauguin and #Diego expressed their ideas and self reflections on life in the faces and portraits they painted.
Gauguin exhibition going on now at the National Gallery in London. https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/the-credit-suisse-exhibition-gauguin-portraits#content
Diego felt his creativity was confined in portraits. #DiegoVoci deeply resisted the restriction. What about caricatures? Diego said,“They are fun. I can be creative.”
In 1976 Frank Freeman somehow convinced Diego to do portraits of his two sons John and Mitch. Frank and his wife had met – and seen Diego several times while living in #Wiesbaden, Germany. They had even bought a “Landscape” from Diego in Schwetzingen (#Heidelberg area in 1974). See the Freeman’s and other #landscapes on our Pinterest “Landscape” board: https://www.pinterest.com/diegovoci/landscape-gallery/
One day Frank visited “Galerie #Dahms” in Wiesbaden’s fancy Wilhelmsstrasse shopping district and saw a portrait of a young girl. Frank named her “Principessa” as it was unknown who she really was. Diego had used “pastel and felt-tip on posterboard” to capture the young girl. “It was a commission, that was refused by the ‘buyer’ stating ‘It doesn’t look like my daughter’!”
Having not forgotten the exquisite portrait, for Frank it was “the inspiration for asking Diego to do my boys – over his protestations!” Just months before Frank and his family were due to return to the United States he commissioned Diego do portraits of his sons, John and Mitch, then 9 and 5 ½.
John, age 9 and Mitch, age 5 1/2 (1976) by #Diego
“On a Sunday afternoon in mid-July 1976, I took the boys to his Wiesbaden home (Taunusstein), where Diego spent about 15-20 minutes capturing each boy’s likeness.” Frank recalls, “when I got home, I began to see the “Principessa’s” father’s viewpoint . . . the portraits weren’t really as the boys looked.” But “3 years later, comparing the boys to their portraits, they were EXACT likenesses!!! Diego had envisioned the boys as they would look a few years later. THEY matched what he had drawn!! Prescient!!”
A few days before leaving Germany Frank recalls to his surprise, “I got a call from Siegfried DAHMS, owner of the gallery, who informed me that DIEGO had instructed that I be given the portrait of “Principessa” in appreciation for our patronage.” Frank owns it.
“Principessa” Unknown Subject, “Who am I?” Diego drew me in 1974.
To this day, it is a mystery as to who the young girl may be. Frank hopes that someone out there may see this post! Do you know who she is?
Another rare portrait done in charcoal and pastels by #Diego of Mike Kennedy’s mother in the early 60’s can be seen: https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/mothers-portrait-by-diego-and-new-generation/
Do you own a portrait by Antonio #DiegoVoci? Tell us: diegovociproject@gmail.com
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DIEGO FOR SALE in MANNHEIM, GERMANY:
* NOTE THAT THE EXCHANGE RATE IS GREAT JUST NOW *
If you’re in #EUROPE and want to pick up a DIEGO, here is one for sale online: http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/35739568_antonio- diego-voci-gasperinaitalien-1920-1985
Better yet, if you’re traveling in central Europe, HELGA #VOCI is in the Wiesbaden/Mainz Germany area and has a variety of DIEGOs to sell.
Please feel free to contact HELGA VOCI via Email at: helga.voci@gmx.de or Phone her at: 06128-72426 calling within Germany (US to Germany – 011-49-6128-72426). Call her for a visit, or to view DIEGOs.
Online, you can view her DIEGO VOCI ESTATE at www.diegovociproject.com under “Acquire” – Graphics or Originals.Order before you go. And, enjoy stories about DIEGO!
In the USA, you’ll see “YOUNG BOY WITH HAT” oil on wood, in oval frame.
NOW, only $400 here in the USA on e-bay.
For more details click on: http://www.artifactcollectors.com/diego-voci-antonio-diego-voci-3984818/Page16.html#465
YOUNG BOY WITH HAT #DIEGO OIL ON WOOD – OVAL
One of our #DIEGO Collectors is moving on the East Coast. The Fisherman below must go: “Pescatore“, Oil #Painting. 20″ x 24” is now for sale. Starting Bid is only $577: http://www.artifactcollectors.com/diego-voci-antonio-diego-voci-3984818/Page16.html#465
PESCATORE (Fisherman) Oil on Canvas, 20″ x 24″
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