Alfred di Cesare

Cesare, Alfred di, American (1910-1993). Alfred di Cesare was the first of fourteen children. From the onset, he had a voracious appetite for learning that was channeled into art when he was bedridden after a football injury and began to sketch and draw. After entering into the Boston School of Practical Arts, Cesare became impressed with the work of the prominent artist Ernest Lee Major. Under Major's tutelage, Cesare's talent bloomed, eventually leading Major's classes for ten of the eleven years he spent there. Up until 1942, when Cesare entered the Air Force, his Boston studio with Major was a mecca. After the war, Cesare returned to New England but then traveled to various parts of the country spending two years in California. He then returned to Boston, opening up a studio in the Boston area. Ernest Lee Major visited him frequently. The two had become very close friends. Cesare held two major exhibitions each year that were very well attended and supported by patrons of the arts. Like Major, Cesare was a colorist. He loved the excitement of effecting changes with natural and colored lighting. He liked contrasts and experimenting with different mediums. In 1995, two years after Cesare's death, Vose galleries of Boston put together a retrospective on the paintings of Alfred di Cesare and his mentor Ernest Lee Major. Another painting by Cesare currently is also available for purchase on our website. Click Here! "Vase of Flowers" Signed and dated '52, upper right. Oil on masonite. 30" x 24"   To purchase this painting, you may     by email, or call the gallery directly.

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