“FRIENDS” On The Wall & “FRIENDS” On The Couch

This October 1972 occasion was Coop Cooprider’s 36^th birthday (on left).  The friends on the couch are Ingrid and Walter Nermerich, owners of “Alt Landstuhl Restaurant” in Landstuhl, Germany home of the famous Chateaubriand.

“Friends” on the wall is an amazing work of art by internationally collected artist Antonio Diego Voci (1920-1985).  The painting was purchased from the private collection of Jawdat and Joy Naffouj, art dealers also in Alt, Landstuhl.  “Friends” has been on Coop and Patti’s walls as they moved around the world ever since.

Coopriders now own about 8 dozen or so Diego art paintings; several are earmarked for selection into a Major Museum Diego Retrospective once a generous benefactor comes forward. 

Three great places to learn more about Diego:

1. Google “Diego Voci” then click “Images”
2. Wikipedia: “Antonio Diego Voci” 
3. Diego Voci Project website 

NOTE: Coop Cooprider is the volunteer Diego Voci Historian.

Where is “Scena di Maroco” now?

Diego Voci; “Scena di Maroco” oil on canvas; 50x60cm

Back in 1976, at Patrick Henry Village in Heidelberg, Germany, Anna Kibildis purchased this Diego Voci painting titled “Scena di Maroco“.

Who owns this painting now?  Where is this painting?

Our all volunteer team is cataloging all of Antonio Diego Voci’s works of art with the official Diego Voci Estate Archive. Any information on the whereabouts or owners of this painting, please contact us at diegovociproject@gmail.com

To the see the trail of work visit, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Diego_Voci

 

#FOUR #DIEGO PAINTINGS FOR SALE

USE THIS LINK TO VISIT http://www.artpal.com/dblackburn23 !

Please visit the all volunteer website to support the Diego Voci Estate:  http://www.diegovociproject.com/

 

MOTHER’S PORTRAIT BY DIEGO AND NEW GENERATION

This painting signed “D. Voci 1964” is an important historical find.  Why?

It fills a gap.  We have images of 2 watercolors Diego did as a gift to his nephew Tony signed D. Voci 1957 when they traveled Europe together.  We have the larger realism “Alt und Yung” signed “A.Voci” when Schlossgalerie, Zurich provided Diego a studio for R. Buri’s wealthy clients.  All three are represented in the Wikipedia biography Antonio Diego Voci (1920-1985) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Diego_Voci

Where were Helga and Diego living in 1964?  Helga wrote:

“We came to a small medieval town in northern Italy, called Asolo with only 1000 inhabitants. We rented an apartment in a very old house in the middle of the town with a big terrace and Diego made his first real Studio. He mostly sold in Zurich in the Schloßgalerie.” 

The “Diego” signature began in 1965 with Joy Gibson, a Canadian art dealer.  That signature would dominate all others for the next 20 years.

Mike Kennedy is part of the “New Generation” of “Diego” collectors through the inheritance of his mother’s portrait.  Mike reached us through diegovoci.com and we requested additional information.  We await with eagerness the photos of his family and Diego.

To all viewers who had any experience with Diego, tell us.  Photos, too.  You may not think a sentence or two is important but it is… as you can see in the above email correspondence from just one collector.

AC P of W #250 2/19/2015