Painting and Sculpture

Antonio Diego Voci

Antonio Diego Voci (10 August 1920 – 10 December 1985) was an Italian painter and sculptor. He was an internationally collected figurative artist with the largest group of owners of his works residing in Switzerland, England, Germany, Italy, Canada and the United States; as well as various works scattered the world over. Although constantly drawing or painting from childhood to the day he succumbed to lung cancer, Diego's most productive period was the last quarter century of his life which began when he met Helga Drössler in January 1960 in Paris. A significant turning point in Diego's career, Diego said, "My life took on new meaning. I became more." Helga who became Diego's wife, lover, best friend and confidant, published seven chapters of her life with Diego on Artifact Collectors. Within those 25 abundant years Diego created 4000 oils, mostly on canvas, and many thousands of drawings. "Each movement had its great masters, but there are very few who could create art unconfined by a single style like Diego." – Christopher Voci Diego was a versatile artist who worked across multiple modernist and classical movements, including Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Realism (arts) and Fauvism. His work largely focused on figurative art, exploring the complexity of the human form, facial expressions and natural anatomy. A central theme in his work is the interplay between human desire and physical strength, often contrasted against an innate instinct of resistance.

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• ▸Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington
• ▸Iberian scripts
• ▸China Art Museum, Shanghai

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