Julio De Diego was one of the most colorful artists to work in Chicago. Born in Madrid in 1900, he left home at the age of 15 to apprentice as a scene painter for theatres. After service in the Spanish army, including six months fighting in North Africa, Diego traveled to Paris and Rome to study art. He also appeared as an extra in Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes. He emigrated to the United States in 1924. He lived in New York for two years, then went to Chicago, where he remained until 1942. At first, he earned a living as a magazine illustrator, decorative painter and graphic designer. By the early 1930s, Diego began to show regularly at the Art Institute of Chicago, appearing at thirty-two annual exhibitions of Chicago Artists, American artists and watercolorists, between 1931–47. He was employed by the easel division of the Illinois Art Project during the mid-1930s. He traveled to Mexico for the first time in 1939, becoming close friends with Carlos Mérida. Diego was deeply affected by the Spanish Civil War, and many of his works reflect the conflict that presaged the Second World War. Meditation over Inexplicable Logic seems to be a kind of preparation for his self-portrait in the Art Institute’s collection, titled The Perplexity of What To Do (1940). Both feature isolated, brooding figures lost in their inability to respond to events. He left Chicago in 1942 but continued to exhibit his work at major institutions. In 1946, Life magazine’s article described him spending time “cooking aromatic Spanish dishes and reading works of Spanish mystical philosophers and poets. He smokes cigarettes incessantly and dresses flamboyantly, affecting cerise mufflers and jangling bracelets.” Diego gained more notoriety in 1948 when he married the great burlesque artist, Gypsy Rose Lee. After their separation and divorce in the mid-1950s, he lived for a time in New York at the Chelsea Hotel, a haunt of artists, musicians and poets. Diego settled in Sarasota, Florida in 1967, near former friends from Chicago, where he died in 1979. Daniel Schulman References “Julio De Diego: He Paints Weird War and Peace.” Life Magazine, March 11, 1946. De Diego, Julio. Pamphlet File P-07866. Ryerson Library, Art Institute of Chicago.
Untitled (Surrealist Composiition)
By Julio de Diego
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Surrealist Composiition) Lithograph with hand coloring, 1945 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Numbered 10/12 lower left (see photo) fragment from 6X litho In 1945, ...
Lithograph
original lithograph
By Julio de Diego
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1950 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...
Lithograph
original lithograph
By Julio de Diego
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1953 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...
Lithograph
Surrealist Lithograph 'The Pleasure of Being Alone', Signed, 1931
By Julio de Diego
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Pleasure of Being Alone Lithograph, 1931 Signed lower right (see photo) Very rare early suurealist lithograph Edition: 15 (15/15), numbered lower left (see photo) Impressions of...
Lithograph
original lithograph
By Julio de Diego
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed for the front cover of the 1955 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the oc...
Lithograph
original lithograph
By Julio de Diego
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1951 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1951 Spr...
Lithograph
original lithograph
By Julio de Diego
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1955 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, and published by the Artists Equity Association of New York in an edition of 2000...
Lithograph
original lithograph
By Julio de Diego
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1952 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...
Lithograph
"Love That Makes the World Go Round"
By Julio de Diego
Located in Fairlawn, OH
"Love That Makes the World Go Round" Silk screen on paper, 1`947 Signed in pencil lower left: "de Diego" and dated '47 (see photo) An important American screenprint, showing the grow...
Screen
original lithograph
By Julio de Diego
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1956 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...
Lithograph
original lithograph
By Julio de Diego
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1953 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...
Lithograph
The One Set
By Julio de Diego
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The One Set Woodcut with hand coloring, 1929 Signed, dated and titled in pencil (see photos) The earliest know and dated graphic work done in America by the artist Condition: Excelle...
Woodcut
The Book of Ah!
By Julio de Diego
Located in Fairlawn, OH
String bound booklet (portfolio) with six hand colored woodcuts, signed in pencil by the artist, tipped in the book Provenance: Estate of the artist By descent to his daughter Kir...
Woodcut
$12,074
H 30.12 in W 22.45 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph Dimensions: 76.5 x 57 cm 1970 Signed in pencil and numbered Edition : /CXX References : Field 70-8 Salvador Dali Salvador Dali was born as the son of a prestigious notary in the small town of Figueras in Northern Spain. His talent as an artist showed at an early age and Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali received his first drawing lessons when he was ten years old. His art teachers were a then well known Spanish impressionist painter, Ramon Pichot and later an art professor at the Municipal Drawing School. In 1923 his father bought his son his first printing press. Dali began to study art at the Royal Academy of Art in Madrid. He was expelled twice and never took the final examinations. His opinion was that he was more qualified than those who should have examined him. In 1928 Dali went to Paris where he met the Spanish painters Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. He established himself as the principal figure of a group of surrealist artists grouped around Andre Breton, who was something like the theoretical "schoolmaster" of surrealism. Years later Breton turned away from Dali accusing him of support of fascism, excessive self-presentation and financial greediness. By 1929 Dali had found his personal style that should make him famous the world of the unconscious that is recalled during our dreams. The surrealist theory is based on the theories of the psychologist Dr. Sigmund Freud. Recurring images of burning giraffes and melting watches...
Lithograph
$10,158
H 30.32 in W 21.66 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Nude with Raised Arms - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude with Raised Arms - Original Handsigned Lithograph Dimensions: 77 x 55 cm 1970 Signed in pencil and numbered Edition : /CXX References : Field 70-8(Page 158)
Lithograph
Obra Inèdita Recent I
By Joan Miró
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Joan Miró (1893-1983) is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is renowned internationally as a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist. Miró’s works, which wer...
Lithograph
Fiddle and Mermaids
By Charles Cobelle
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Fiddle and Mermaids" c.1975, is an original colors lithograph on Wove paper by noted French/American artist Charles Cobelle, 1902-1994. It is hand signed and nu...
Lithograph
Ruth glaneuse
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 Ruth glaneuse Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
Lithograph
$696
H 25.99 in W 19.69 in
Dreaming Nude and Blue Bird - Original handsigned lithograph
By Corneille
Located in Paris, IDF
Corneille Dreaming Nude and Blue Bird, 1998 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered EA / 20 On vellum 52 x 66 cm (c. 21 x 26 inch) Excellent condition
Lithograph
$1,200
H 21 in W 17 in
Lea from the Femme Portfolio, Surrealist Lithograph by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
This captivating 1971 lithograph by Andre Masson features the Surrealist master’s distinctive approach to Figurative art through fluid, automatic drawing techniques. Masson creates a...
Lithograph
$8,555
H 29.75 in W 21.38 in
Obsessions of The Heart from Visions Surrealiste ( TAROT ) original Dali 1976
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Obsessions of the Heart ( The World ) is from one of Salvador Dali's TAROT series titled Visions Surrealiste. It is an original limited edition (78 / 100) lithograph on Japon paper, ...
Lithograph
$2,500
H 14 in W 12.75 in
De l'Origine des Espèces par Voie de Sélection Irrationelle: Visage
By Man Ray
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 180. Signed and inscribed "EA" in pencil. Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Published by Leon Amie...
Color, Lithograph
Profil rose
By André Masson
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph. Signed and numbered 14/200 in pencil.
Color, Lithograph
$800
H 21.5 in W 30 in
French Surrealist Lithograph Legendary Mime Marcel Marceau Third Eye Surrealism
By Marcel Marceau
Located in Surfside, FL
Le Troisième Oeil (The Third Eye) Lithograph on Arches paper Hand signed and numbered 1981 Dimensions: 21.5 X 30 inches Marcel Marceau (French: born Marcel Mangel; 1923 – 2007) was ...
Lithograph
Obra Inèdita Recent X
By Joan Miró
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Joan Miró is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is renowned internationally as a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist. Miró’s works, which were at the int...
Lithograph
"Love That Makes the World Go Round"
By Julio de Diego
Located in Fairlawn, OH
"Love That Makes the World Go Round" Signed in pencil lower left: "de Diego" and dated '47 Edition: Intended edition of 100 never realized. No more than 20 impressions were ever prin...
Screen