Name/Title
Frenchie's ShackEntry/Object ID
3282.316.Pa25Description
A Provincetown resident, Del Deo has been visiting the dune shack that he called “Frenchie’s,” nicknamed after his friend and the original owner, Jeanne “Frenchie” Chanel, for decades. He and his son Romolo rebuilt their iconic shack in the 1970s after it was damaged from a turbulent rainstorm.
Del Deo's style and approach to painting landscapes resembles some of the work of Paul Cezanne, especially in the emphasis on horizontal and vertical gestures and the use of color as structure. Although he has some works of town life, Deo admits, “It doesn’t satisfy me. I had to come to the inner core of this crazy land, there’s an anatomy here to this landscape of long horizontals unlike other places.”Acquisition
Accession
3282Source or Donor
Napi and Helen Van DereckAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of the Helen and Napi Van Dereck Estate, 2025