Frenchie's Shack
Shack nestled in the sand, with green hills in the background under a gray sky
Name/Title
Frenchie's ShackEntry/Object ID
3227.006.Pa24Description
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.”Artwork Details
Medium
Oil on canvasAcquisition
Accession
3227Source or Donor
Romolo Del DeoAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of the Del Deo Foundation for the Arts, 2024Made/Created
Artist
Salvatore Del DeoDate made
1964Dimensions
Dimension Description
SightHeight
16 inWidth
26 inDimension Description
FinishedHeight
17-1/2 inWidth
27-1/2 inExhibitions
Solitude by the Sea: Selections from the Collection
PAA Second Show (1971)