Latest information the Diego Voci Project has is Ltc. Kinniburgh purchased this painting back in 1974 in Stuttgart.
Any whereabouts? or Information on this painting, please contact diegovociproject@gmail.com
Diego Voci (1920-1985) (VOH-chee) https://youtu.be/_WUYmz0Jkc0 From Antonio Diego Voci Wikipedia; it states; “After his one-man show in Lugano in 1953, Diego travelled continuously stopping to show in Milano, Rome and Genoa.”
Diego Voci; “Composition with Guitare” #161-425 oil on canvas, 80x60cm
Back in 1977, LTC. Eugene Freeman purchased this painting by Diego Voci from Diego’s studio in Germany.
Any information on this painting or the collector who owns this work, please contact diegovociproject@gmail.com or visit www.diegovociproject.com
A line in Don McClean’s haunting song about Vincent #VanGogh is “Weathered faces lined in pain are soothed beneath the artist’s loving hand”. The “weathered faces” of people being deported likewise inspired Diego’s hand with brush to canvas.
Diego Voci; “Les Deportes” #361-464 80x60cm oil on canvas
This painting “Les Deportes” was purchased by Mr. & Mrs. Kantor in 1976. Mr. & Mrs. Kantor found the Diego Voci Project back in 2010 on a thread title Diego Voci History on Artifact Collectors. Here is link to other stories at Artifact Collectors; Diego Voci History and here an image of the Mr. & Mrs. Kantor reaching out to the Diego Voci Project.
Oil on Canvas, 80 x 60 cm, purchased by Anita Harnis in #Stuttgart, 3 May 1975 It sold on eBay Mar 16, 2014 for a mere $400 via B. #Langston Estate. Where is Madonna now?
#Diego Voci was born to a devout #catholic family of modest means, in the small Italian village of Gasperina, in the Calabria region in #Italy. At age 8, after a trip with his father to #Rome, Diego began sculpting his own small religious sculptures. Read more: https://www.artifactcollectors.com/diego-voci-painting-of-the-week-5154118/Page4.html#61763
As you’ve seen in the last 5 posts Diego revered “ma donna”. Start here: https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2017/12/19/madonna-child-by-diego-voci-1/
Diego’s #versatility was one of his greatest strengths. Here are a few of Diego’s many masterpieces. View for Free: http://www.blurb.com/books/5419805-the-beauty-of-diego
Do you own, or know of someone who owns a Diego (or more than 1)? Write us: diegovociproject@gmail.com
Diego Voci; Flowers, 30x40cm oil on canvas #251-219
Purchased in Stuttgart, Germany in 1975, by LTC. Fraley. Any information on this painting or the whereabouts of LTC. Fraley, please contact The Diego Voci Project Team (all volunteer group) at diegovociproject@gmail.com.
Diego Voci, an Artist of Thousand Faces!
Ragazza Con Cappello (left) and Girl with Black Hat (right) both by Diego Voci
Both Diego paintings bought in Stuttgart in the month of May 1975. We know who owns the silver framed version “Girl with Black Hat” (50x60cm oil on canvas), Mary Trimmins. Mary started the first blog for internationally collected artist Antonio Diego Voci in 2008, here is the link: http://www.artifactcollectors.com/diego-voci-antonio-diego-voci-3984818.html
But where is the girl in the gold frame? “Ragazza Con Cappello” (50 x 60cm oil on canvas), purchased by EDWARD DZANIS May 31, 1975.
Diego is known as “The Artist of a Thousand Faces”. In this case it looks like 2 versions of the same beautiful lady: Diego by Stephen Max | Blurb Books Canada
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Top: Diego (old faded Polaroid image) ; Bottom: Cezanne
“Diego never copied” said the widow, Helga of her internationally collected artist husband Antonio Diego Voci (1920-1985). Others who knew Diego confirmed he did everything from either memory or pure creativity. The experienced eye can spot Cezanne’s influence but, the work remains distinctly Diego. (Check out the #pears).
Helga found this faded (the rich color is gone) Polaroid indicating Joseph Di Giacinto paid only $380 in Stuttgart, #Germany in 1975. “Hey Joseph!” Contact us at diegovociproject.com.
Helga Voci, widow of Diego Voci (1920-85), sent the Diego Voci Project Team a box of old faded polaroid images of oil paintings by Diego. Sifting thru hundreds, we came across this index card with the image of “La Muse et Le Poet”, the number of the painting, dimensions, year of purchase and the collector who purchased.
The team recognized the name as one of Diego’s collectors, The Halsavers wrote an excerpt on their Diego Voci collection:
We have about 10 Diego’s works and treasure them. In fact, will still have the receipts for most all. We visited him in his home and he has joined us for a bottle of wine at ours in Stuttgart in the mid-70’s. Christine Khan, who displayed Diego’s works in her Wiesbaden studio, joined us maybe a half dozen times, too. We have a folder of Diego’s promotional materials and ads from various handouts as well as newspaper articles about him. His house had a dozen or more New Mexico magazines scattered about and as we had moved from New Mexico to Stuttgart, we talked of his time there and how we loved his realistic pastels of Indians that we bought. We are glad that you have taken the initiative to honor Diego works on this site.
The Diego Voci Project Team is presently cataloging all of Diego Voci’s works of art into the Diego Voci Estate Archive.
This is a message to the Halsavers and others to send the Diego Voci Project Team images of your Diego works. Visit www.diegovociproject.com or email us at diegovociproject@gmail.com. We are excited to receive your images. Google “Diego Voci”, and click Images. Amazing!
Tony and Stacie Westbrook share their #heartfelt #story of their Diego Voci painting title “Petit Village de Montague” and how this #painting holds many years of memories for them.
In Tony’s words:
My wife and I purchased this piece while living in Germany and serving with the US military around 1982. We seem to recall that we purchased it at an art show probably held at the Officers Club in either Stuttgart or Heidelberg. We were living in Heilbronn at the time. Over the years we have collected many pieces of art – originals and limited prints – yet this piece (Petit Village de Montague) remains our absolute favorite. It is a constant reminder of our time in Europe and what we took on as a very young married couple. I am happy to say that after 37 years we are still very happily married and that this piece always gets the most prominent spot in the house. It has been all over the United States and has been enjoyed by countless numbers of our friends. Its simplicity, warmth, and mixture of color/contrast make it a wonderful piece to gaze at and enjoy for a lifetime. This painting is one of my most prized processions and I will never part with it.
“Petit Village de Montague” as painted by Diego, represented all that we loved about out time in Europe while allowing our imagination to constantly explore who lived in village, where the village was, what the families experienced, endured, and enjoyed about their town. The painting just brought forth positive feelings and thoughts which is what drew us to it.
This is one example of stories we receive from collectors of Diego Voci’s work of art. The Diego Voci Estate dreams of one day to find a generous benefactor to sponsor a major museum exhibition… in the meantime take a tour of Diego’s virtual museum: https://youtu.be/GG5Jl-2FuXM
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