#Stephen & Wendy #MAX celebrate #life together this special day May 24, 1958!

Having known #DiegoVoci™ & Helga personally in Germany in 70’s, in the 80’s they were exclusive representatives for DiegoVoci™ in Canada!

These last years as producer and publisher Stephen contributed the Diego Voci ™Project Website, #YouTube Videos and the first deluxe coffee table book “The Beauty of Diego”. We thank you for your commitment and fabulous creations!

For some of the #MAX’s great #Diego stories . . . 

 The DiegoVoci™Project shares stories with you here:

https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/diegovoci-in-canada-part-one/

https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/diegovoci-in-canada-part-two/

https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2016/02/24/ataste-of-paris-in-each-image-from-diego/

https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/the-warmth-of-spain/

https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/the-woman-behind-the-man/

https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/max-and-diegovoci-and-the-muppets/

https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2016/03/08/new-generations-love-diegovoci/

  Enjoy! Let us know if you own an artwork by #Antonio #DiegoVoci™

#Google “Diego Voci Project to find all you want about the #Artist and the #DVP!

diegovociproject@gmail.com

A GIFT OF OUR DAUGHTER AND OUR FIRST TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES!

“HELGA AND DIEGO”

by Helga Voci

Chapter 6 Part 1

“1970-1976”

“Diego was preparing an art show in Ravenna, Italy which was organized by Galleria Cairoli from October 30th to November 10th in 1970. We had a beautiful season, Italian lifestyle, sunshine, beach, and good Italian food.  After this exhibit we moved back to Germany in December of that year.

My parents were then building a house in Bavaria. Diego was drawing the plans and helped with the interior decoration. So we rented an apartment there from December 1970 until June 1972. At that time Diego still sent paintings to Naffouj, but he was not so happy anymore with the agreement, so we stopped and started doing the business ourselves.

For several years we worked together with Liliane Dussard, a French lady who had been working in Naffouj Gallery before and later on. I think in 1972 Christine Khan took over. I am still in contact with Christine.

In the meantime we moved from Bavaria to Schwetzingen near Heidelberg. There we had a little daughter, Alessandra (you can view a portrait Diego made of her in of the previous posts).   In 1976 we moved to Taunusstein near Wiesbaden, where we bought a house and where Diego lived and worked until his death in 1985. This house is where I still live today.

 

Above: Pastel of Alessandra Voci when she was 8 years old, born 1974 and a recent Photograph of Alessandra today.

During that time, in 1973, we made our first trip to the United States. We bought a car in New York and we drove across the U.S. from N.Y. to San Francisco. We went to places like New Orleans and Albuquerque. We visited several Indian pueblos, where Diego started to make sketches of the Indians, because he thought they had very interesting faces.”

Let the DVP Team know at diegovociproject@gmail who Diego visited during his travels in the United States1973.

THE LARGEST MARKETPLACE OF #DIEGO ARTWORK ON #EARTH

The Diego Voci Project (all volunteer non-profit team) is on a mission on behalf of the Diego Voci Estate to discover all of Diego Voci’s works of art. The Diego Voci Project website is designed to learn about Diego, keep abreast of new information, Diego art works for sale and a community for collectors and new collectors to share their stories, memories, thoughts about Diego.

The Passion of the Diego Voci Project Team

We celebrate Diego Voci in recognition of a vast and prolific career for the many collectors that were touched by the product of Diego’s mind’s eye and the warmth of his good nature. He lived and breathed his Art. Of the thousands of artwork he created the diegovociproject.com website proudly presents a small sampling herein.

Within the Gallery Walls of Diego Voci Project Website

The galleries within the website provide a sample of Diego’s artistic flexibility, in addition to painting with oils, tempera and acrylics, the Artist Diego loved to create with pastels, pen and ink, sepia, water colors, charcoal and crayon. He was highly skilled with all the media in which he worked. The Artist Diego sculpted, worked in bronze, designed and tailored clothing, created church frescos all with equal facility. Regardless of the media, each work is singularly Diego; instantly recognizable.

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An Original Etching FOR SALE by #DIEGOVOCI

What would inspire you to buy an original etching title “Le Théâtre” (Komedianten) 50 x 35 cm signed by Diego and numbered?

To purchase, it’s simple and the price €120 includes shipping & handling (from Germany to US), a generous gift from widow, Helga Voci.  (PayPal will convert euros to dollars, to make it easy for the buyer).

Here is the link to Purchase!  http://www.diegovociproject.com/#!product/prd4/3917776271/title%3A-le-th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre

What is an ETCHING?

Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (relief) in the metal.

What Is a LITHOGRAPH?

Most people could not afford to own an original piece of artwork by Picasso or Van Gogh, but having a copy of their masterworks wouldn’t be such a bad idea. This is where the idea of a lithograph comes into play. A lithograph is an authorized copy of an original work created by the artist himself or other skilled craftsmen. A lithograph is rarely worth more than the original artwork it reproduces, but if the print quality is excellent and the production numbers are low, it may still have significant value in the art world.

Why purchase an etching or a lithograph?

For those Diego collectors who would like to their heirs to learn more about Diego Voci, acquiring an etching or lithograph is a great way to introduce the next generation to collecting works by Diego Voci.

Diego Voci on #YouTube and #Google.

Courtesy of #DiegoVociProject (Diego Voci Estate)

#GALERIE DAHMS (#WIESBADEN, #GERMANY)

Helga Voci, widow of Diego Voci, found two (not very clear) images she took of the Galerie Dahms, about 1983, each with a DIEGO painting in the window.

Look closely and you can see the reflection of Helga in the glass standing outside shooting the photo. It indicates not only how big the DIEGO painting is to the left of Helga but also how high the Galerie ceiling is.

The Galerie was located on the classy #Wilhelmstrasse of Wiesbaden. The DIEGO / Dahms relationship based on a handshake, lasted nearly 2 decades.

Courtesy of the Diego Voci Project www.diegovociproject.com

Diego Voci on Google and YouTube.

 6/2012 AC DVH 77

POTENTIAL #DIEGOVOCI MODEL – KICKING HERSELF

Cheryl McCarra Fairchild and her husband Dan were stationed in Germany from 1974-1977 in the Karlsruhe area. Cheryl remembered to Kami (Diego Voci Project):

“I met Diego for the first time at an OWC (Officer’s Wives Club Luncheon).  I fell in love with Diego’s work and his personality. I wanted to buy an oil painting.  On a Lieutenant’s salary we eventually settled for 3 Diego lithographs which we bought over time from Lillian Dussard.”

“When our family retired to the US in Georgia years later, I started searching online for DIEGO paintings. I found our first oil painting: “Giovene Ragazza”.  The profile reminded me of my mother”.

Diego’s vibrant and bright colors in the scarves almost contradict the calm serene and fine features of her eyes and lips.

Cheryl recalls;

“Diego actually asked me to model for him.  At the time I had two small children and saw no way to do that. I’m kicking myself now!”

Though Helga Voci, Diego’s widow, states;

“Diego rarely used models, Diego painted from memory.” 

Helga was referring to studio models.  Evidence is frequent that out of the studio face to face in the moment, a face of a woman or man, young or old, would inspire Diego.  Example: http://www.artifactcollectors.com/diego-voci-painting-of-the-week-5154118/Page9.html#91027; an interesting story of a black beauty with intriguing eyes.

And stay tuned for more exciting news from the Fairchild’s and the “New Generation”. 

This is just one of many examples of the impact Diego had on people.  Please share your stories like these at www.diegovociproject.com or

                                    email us at diegovociproject@gmail.com.

Diego Voci is on Google and YouTube.

22 July 2015 AC ADV #472

Explore Masters of Yesteryear… …With Modern Text

Other greats featured in Twitter fashion, #Cezanne, #Leonardo, #VanGogh, #Vermeer, etc.  Take a look http://blogs.artinfo.com/artintheair/2015/03/24/what-if-classic-paintings-got-modern-day-hashtags/?utm_source=BLOUIN+ARTINFO+Newsletters&utm_campaign=d1e9f08d03-Daily_Digest_03_20_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df23dbd3c6-d1e9f08d03-83386813

Also explore “Diego Voci” on Google.