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John de la Vega



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John de la Vega (Argentine, 1961 - )


John de la Vega, International Art Gallery, Self Portrait, Art Gallery, Portraits of Painters, Fine arts, Self-Portraits, Painter  John de la VegaJohn de la Vega, born Juan Carlos Gomez de la Vega in Buenos Aires, Argentina, came to America in 1961 to fulfill a childhood dream. At age fifteen he launched a distinguished career in portrait painting of ever increasing success. He has painted many famous personalities: President Ronald Reagan, show business and sports figures, and CEO's from the nation's top corporations.

In 1993 his portrait of renowned artist / director Julie Taymor ("The Lion King", "Titus") received the Distinguished Achievement in Portraiture Award at John Howard Sanden's National Portrait Seminar in Atlanta.

In 1971, while still a young man, John de la Vega was honored with a ten-year retrospective of his paintings, sculptures, and photographs at the Miami Museum of Modern Art in Miami, Florida, a then international showcase, no longer in existence. On the same year he won top honors at the First Pan American Art Exhibition, with artists representing the United States, Canada, and all Latin American countries.

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PastelJohn de la Vega's other pursuits have included undergraduate and graduate studies in Psychology (BA Cum Laude, The American University, Washington, D.C.), composing contemporary classical music for the piano, creating and conducting the Thou Art Seminar in Art and Successful Living, writing and directing films, and teaching workshops on painting. In 1978 Solar Editions published his book of poems “The Mirror and the Door” in Spanish and English. In March of 1995, the artist had a critically acclaimed one-person show at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Norfolk, Virginia, and in the Fall of 1996 he participated in the group exhibition “USA in Germany” in the city of Cologne.

John de la Vega, Patricia Neal, Dr. Robert Schuller, Zubin Mehta, Nancy Reagan, Larry King, Astronaut Sally Ride, and others figures in the arts, business, and sports, were chosen as examples of outstanding personal achievement for "Dreaming and Winning in America", published by America's Press in 1985. A quote from the book:


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12 comments:

lilly of the valley said...

Did this artist ever paint portraits in Daytona Beach, FL? I have a signed portrait of a young woman by the name of this artist, 1964 near the beach. Thanks.

lilly of the valley said...

Did this artist ever paint portraits in Daytona Beach, FL? I have a signed portrait of a young woman by the name of this artist, 1964 near the beach. Thanks.

Gail said...

l had my portrait done by John de la Vega IN Miami when he was living there in 1971, but back then he was signing a lot of his work Juan Carlos Gomez.

Aug 6, 2021 from his friend Gail

Unknown said...

Mr. La Vega did a pastel portrait of me when I was 16 years old. He was in Gattlinburg Tenn. and working as a street artist and asked if he could do my portrait. My parents said yes and scraped up enough to buy it. I still cherish it.

Unknown said...

Let me add my portrait was done when I was 16
I am 71 now

Unknown said...

Is there any way to contact him. I have portraits of myself, my siblings and step daughter. Would dearly love one of my son.

Gail said...

sadly, Juan Carlos as I called him, passed Dec 2018 shortly before his 83 birthday.....from his friend Gail

KrisK said...

Gail... thanks for that info... I was trying to figure out what happened to him.. I used to work with him on Miami Beach, as his assistant when he did pastels at one of the hotels.
Kris

Gail said...

Hi KrisK.. yes at the Aztec on Miami Beach



KrisK said...

Yes, Gail. He was so very talented and a great guy.

Unknown said...

Sadly, John passed just a few years ago in Norfolk, VA. He was a friend of mine. I regret not having portraits done of my daughters by him

Virginia said...

I have four numbered prints by John De La Vega that John wet Signed for me in 1993 while on vacation in the Outer Banks. They are all beach scenes and I love them. I have searched the web trying to find more to add to my collection and can't find anything. Any suggestions on where to look? They don't need to be originals, Prints are just fine. (The prints I have are "New Friends", "Summer Day" "White Dress", and "Sandcastle"

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