- Victor Victori
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Victor Victori 
Painter and SculptorBorn August 15, 1943
South KoreaResidence Rutherford, New Jersey Ethnicity Korean American Occupation portraitist, painter and sculptor Spouse Maria Victori Website http://www.victorsgallery.net
http://www.victorvictori.com/Site/Victoribook.htmlVictor Victori (born August 15, 1943) is a portraitist, painter, and sculptor. Several of his paintings combine numerous images of the work's subject are combined to represent change in a style Victori terms "multiplism".
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Early life
Victor Victori (a.k.a) Victolee Victori, was born on August 15, 1943 as one of two boys in a family of six children. He grew up outside of Seoul, South Korea and began painting portraits as a child. His father was a mayor of a small town during the Korean War and was also a peach farmer. He hoped Victori would grow up to take over the farm, but Victori dreamed of becoming an artist and enrolled in the art academy instead. He left Korea and traveled through Europe to study its art from famous masters such as Rembrant, Van Gough, and Michaelangelo. During these travels Victori slowly developed his own techniques in Paris. He moved to America in 1972 and took on his first project, his presidential mural of all the American presidents which is now in the White House Collection. After completing the Presidential Mural Victori travelled the country doing shows and exhibitions for 20 years. He married Maria Victori (born 1954), and opened an Art gallery on 230 Park avenue New York, NY. 1981~ 2000. Currently Victor Victori is retired, and lives in Rutherford, New Jersey. He has five grown sons.[1]
Work
Portrait of Ronald Reagan.
Over the course of forty years, Victori,[2] painted portraits for Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, and Senator Ted Kennedy among others and offered live sittings at his Park Avenue gallery. After creating approximately 30,000 oil paintings, Victori retired from portraits in order to experiment with a style of painting he had been developing since 1979, which he termed "multiplism".[1][3] Unlike portraits, which portray a single moment, Victori's multiplist works combined the subject in many different positions and expressions in order to show change over time.[1]
In 2010, Victor completed a lifelong dream to paint 10 Mona Lisas[4] in the span of 24 hours. The Leader newspaper, a publication in the Meadowlands of New Jersey, documented the artistic ordeal.
The artist also released a book entitled "God and I".[5]
Sculptures
Victori uses an unconventional medium for his sculptures by mixing concrete and sand into a mortar. Early in his sculpting career clay was the preferred medium, but clay is relatively more expensive and too fragile to create large works to be displayed outdoors. The concrete mix would allow for the malleability of clay and upon drying would have more permanence as a building block. Most notable sculpture models have been Moses, Jesus, Zeus, and Buddha, all measuring at over 9 & 11'.
Dana Rapisardi of The Leader newspaper in the Meadowlands profiled Victori's unveiling of his front-lawn sculpture.[6]
The unveiling[7] was an enormous community event in Rutherford, New Jersey, the location of where Victori lives.
Paintings
"Multiplism Mona Lisa" 4'x6' oil on panel 1984Victori has never restricted his palette to accept only the finest oil paints. Among the entire portfolio some paintings have been created using materials such as enamels, acrylics, oils, gasoline, typical house paint or water colors. The mood of certain portraits require particular textures and thickness. The media ranges from linen, canvas, panel, wood or glass.
Multiplism: Moses
This style of art was created in the late 70's. The purpose of the multiplism technique is to capture the motion of life. Multiplism is the simultaneous image of the subjects various consequential movements or to depict the shifts in emotion expressed by an individual. The intent of the artist is to display a moving painting.
References
- ^ a b c Fujimori, Sachi (2009-10-06). "Original style is in the hands of the gods". The Record. North Jersey Media Group. http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/Original_style_is_in_the_hands_of_the_gods.html. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- ^ Introducing Victor Victori, The Leader
- ^ http://www.victorspainting.com/
- ^ "Local artist paints 10 Mona Lisas in 24 hours," The Leader, April 22, 2010
- ^ "Victory for Victori," The Leader, June 25, 2009
- ^ "Many faces of Moses revealed" The Leader Sept. 20, 2007
- ^ "Mind of Moses unveiled," The Leader, Sept. 17, 2007"
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- 1943 births
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