biographie de Julio DEDIEGO (1900-1979)

Birth place: Madrid, Spain

Death place: Woodstock, NY?

Addresses: NYC; Woodstock, NY; Sarasota, FL

Profession: Painter, illustrator, printmaker, designer, craftsperson, teacher

Studied: Study in Madrid, Paris & Rome.

Exhibited: AIC, 1929-46 (solo, 1935); AIC, 1935, 1944; Chicago Soc. A., 1938 (gold medal); WMAA, 1940-54; Corcoran Gal, 1943; PAFA, 1944-53; Milwaukee AI, 1944; Surrealist Exhib, Paris, France & London, Eng, 1947; Int. Cult. Affairs Exhib., Dept. of State, Paris, London & Rome, 1948; Carnegie Inst.; Frank Oehlscchlaeger, Chicago, 1970s; Woodstock Artist's Assoc., 1977 (retrospective). Other awards: Polish Art Soc. (prize); Soc. Advertisers (prize); First prize, Men & Steel Show, 1954; The Figure, Arvida Corp., Sarasota, FL, 1971.

Member: AEA New York (pres); Sarasota Artist Assn.; Woodstock AA

Work: Walker Art Center; IBM; AIC; Milwaukee AI; SFMA; PMG; U.S. State Dept.; MMA; Washington Univ, St Louis, MO; Montclair Art Mus, NJ; Encyclopaedia Britannica Collection, New York; Santa Barbara Mus Art, CA; Woodstock AA. Commissions: Murals & chapel doors, St Gregory Church, Chicago, IL, 1929; Bullfight (mural), Hotel Sherman, Chicago, 1933; Fort Sheridan (mural), Fort Sheridan, Chicago, 1936; Story of Wine (mural), Hotels Ambassador & Sherman, Chicago, 1937; metal sculptures & murals, Ling Nang Restaurant, New York, 1959; also many others.

Comments: Best known for his series of war paintings and for his covers of Fortune magazine. He was also a mural painter, fashion illustrator, jewelry maker, stage scene designer, and actor. He once appeared as an extra in the Ballet Russe's Petrouchka with Nijinsky. He came to NYC in 1924 after extensive travel in Europe. His wife was the famous stripper, Gypsy Rose Lee. He was proud of his collection of African, Mexican, and Indian toys and artifacts and imaginative junk. Teaching: AIC, 1939-40; Univ Denver, 1948-52; Artist Equity Workshop, 1955-57. Illustrator: Rendezvous with Spain, 1946. Author: Commentaries: Europe, 1952; Have You Seen Birds...?, 1968; A Stranger in the Spanish Village, 1964; The Book of Ah!,1970; Cuckoo heads, 1971.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Bruce Henderson, "He Paints Weird War & Peace" Life Mag (1946); Ralph M Pearson, "Julio de Diego Work Shop," Desingne (1950); Bruce Barton, "38 Views of the Armada," Time (1962); Woodstock's Art Heritage, 79-80; Falk, Exh. Record Series.