krayola
Airman
Thought you chaps might enjoy seeing these two possibly unpublished Dietz paintings.
In the late 1970's I was given two painting by Mr. Dietz who was an
art director at the time at a building on Wilshire Blvd., here in Los
Angeles where I worked across the street a reprographics company which serviced all the art agencies in Hollywood.
At the time he'd gotten complaints from people in an adjoining building looking into
his window office and being upset over the Luftwaffe Stuka pilot. So one day
while picking up some film work for the reprographic department he pulled them
off the wall from which they where just pinned there and said, "Hey kid here you go,
you like planes right?" and he handed them to me which at the time I was eternally
grateful and humbled.
I've had them now since 1977. All the splatters and damage were as Dietz gave
them to me.
This one is just epic and I saw it painted over a course of several days by Dietz between his other art duties. I've never seen anyone lay down color like this before and watching him do it blew me away.
In the late 1970's I was given two painting by Mr. Dietz who was an
art director at the time at a building on Wilshire Blvd., here in Los
Angeles where I worked across the street a reprographics company which serviced all the art agencies in Hollywood.
At the time he'd gotten complaints from people in an adjoining building looking into
his window office and being upset over the Luftwaffe Stuka pilot. So one day
while picking up some film work for the reprographic department he pulled them
off the wall from which they where just pinned there and said, "Hey kid here you go,
you like planes right?" and he handed them to me which at the time I was eternally
grateful and humbled.
I've had them now since 1977. All the splatters and damage were as Dietz gave
them to me.
This one is just epic and I saw it painted over a course of several days by Dietz between his other art duties. I've never seen anyone lay down color like this before and watching him do it blew me away.
