Over the course of four decades, Rene and Veronica di Rosa were both patrons and friends to a vast ecosystem of Northern California artists. This comprehensive list of over 900 artists tells the story of collectors with singular instincts, an irreverence toward the correct, sensibilities for work that holds meaning, and a propensity for the eclectic.
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George Abbott
Taylor Absher
Bobby Neel Adams
Ginger Adams
James Albertson
Bob Alderette
Michael Alfe
Juana Alicia
Maxine Allan
William Allan
Patrick W. Allen
Stuart Allen
Terry Allen
John Almond
John Altoon
Gary Amerigian
Angela Amodio
David Anderson
Jeremy Radcliffe Anderson
Judith Anderson
Ulrika Andersson
Robert Angell
Nicole Antelo
Ricia Araiza
Patience Lima Arakawa
Diane Arbus
David Ardito
Ruth Armer
Robert Arneson
Chester Arnold
Sharon Arnold
Friday Avila-Patricio
Luis Cruz Azaceta
Nathan Azhderian
Anthony Aziz
B
Morrie Camhi Daniel Babior
Clayton Bailey
Radcliffe Bailey
Ann Baldwin
Jerrold Ballaine
Lewis Baltz
Ian Banks
John Bankston
Jonathan Barbieri
Betty Barnett
Deborah Barrett
Jerry Ross Barrish
Colleen Barry-Wilson
James Barsness
Freude Bartlett
Scott Bartlett
Richard Bassett
John N. Battenberg
Janice Beaman
Bernd Becher
Hilla Becher
Robert Bechtle
Suzanne Becker-Bronk
Jeffrey Becom
John Beech
Gene Beery
Ray Beldner
J.D. Beltran
Mario Benicio
Fletcher Benton
Richard Berger
Amy Berk
Erica Berman
Wallace Berman
Ruth Bernhard
Jeffrey Bernstein
John Berry
Timothy Berry
David Best
Kelly Best
Marcia Binnendyk
Sandow Birk
Elmer Belson Bischoff
Michael Bishop
Craig M. Black
Josh Black
Laverne Nelson Black
Richard Blair
Holly Blake
Nayland Blake
Judith Blankman
Bruce R. Blondin
Debra Bloomfield
David Blott
Boel
Gary Bogus
John Bonick
Dona Kopol Bonick
Pam Bonotto
Caetlynn Booth
Leon Borensztein
Rich Botto
David Boudreau
Roger Boyce
Carlton Bradford
Donald Bradford
Susan Helman Bradford
Robert Brady
Don Branscom
Bill Braun
Michael Brennand-Wood
Karen Breschi
Steve Briscoe
Blanche Brody
Pegan Brooke
Joy Broom
John Brotzman
James Broughton
Bruce Temuchin Brown
Christopher Brown
Joan Brown
William Theophilus Brown
Joe Brubaker
Jamie Brunson
John Buck
Beniamino Bufano
Benbow Bullock
Wynn Bullock
Mark Bulwinkle
Erni Burden
Torsten Zenas Burns
Bruce Burris
Frances Butler
Deborah Butterfield
Dean Byington
David Byrne
C
Briget Campbell
Jim Campbell
Alonzo Canada
Elena Karina Canavier
Bruce Cannon
Squeak Carnwath
Joe E. Carrari
Alan Carrier
Carter
Bob Carter
Richard Carter
Sara Carter
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Alfred J. Casella
John Casey
Carolyn Castaño
Gail Caulfield
Ceramics Department SFAI
Enrique Chagoya
Lee Roy Champagne
Top Changtrakul
Gail Chase-Bien
Teresa Chen
Howie Cherman
Mark Chester
Dale Chihuly
Lena Chow
Tom Christensen
Leona Christie
Kevin Charles Christison
Charles Churchill
Doug Ciarelli
Victor Cicansky
Zeny Cieslikowski
Mark Citret
Bill Clark
Crystal Clark
Jennifer Clark
Lucien Clergue
Wilma Daubenspeck Cliff
Geoff Coe
Melissa Coelho
Van Deren Coke
Sas Colby
Brad Cole
Ann Collentine
Bruce Conner
Linda Connor
Dale Conrad
Gordon Cook
Bobbie Cook-Bedell
Sandy Cooper
Tim Cooper
Eleanor Coppola
Aileen Cormack
Marque Cornblatt
Alice Corning
Betty Jo Costanzo
Gary Craig
Rob Craigie
Charr Crail
Margaret Crane
Lynn Crisswell
David Crook
Crosby Thornton Marshall Associates
Sammy Cucher
Rae Culbert
Timothy Cummings
Imogen Cunningham
Christine Curtis
D
Dan Dailey
Tara Daly
Bill Dane
Beatrice Darwin
Judy Dater
Frank Davi Jr.
Kristin Davidson
Jerold Davis
Stephen Davis
Robert Dawson
Roy De Forest
René de Guzman
Tony De Lap
Angelina De Lorenzo
Stephen De Staebler
John de Wit
John DeFazio
Jay DeFeo
Deidre Defranceaux
Ettore DeGrazia
Mary Case Dekker
Elizabeth Demaray
Paul DeMarinis
Christine Demeo
André Demonchy
Carl Dern
Marie Dern
Pamela Meroy Dernham
Lewis DeSoto
Rene di Rosa
Veronica di Rosa
Mark di Suvero
Eleanor Dickinson
Anthony Discenza
Marjean Dittman
Robert Doisneau
Peter Donaldson
Margaret Bailey Doogan
Kelly V. Doren
Inga Dorosz
Clarice Dreyer
Jean Anthony Du Lac
Felipe Dulzaides
Mark Alice Durant
Walter Dusenbery
E
Ala Ebtekar
William Eggleston
L.D. Eichner
Susan Eichner
Elin Elisofon
J. Scott Elledge
Robert Ellison
Geoff Ellsworth
Phoebe Ellsworth
Raymon Elozua
Jonathan Espalin
Serge Etienne
Andoni Euba
Phill Evans
Taurus Evans
Walker Evans
F
F.I.R.E.
Ben Falk
Richard Faralla
William Farley
Al Farrow
Amy Wilson Faville
Donald Feasel
Richard Feese
Bella Feldman
Lukas Felzmann
Conrad Fenwick
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Andree Ferris
Susan Field
Joyce Fillip
Amanda Fin
James Patrick Finnegan
Kurt Edward Fishback
Shirley Fisher
Robert Fitts
Fletcher
Diane Flyr
Patricia Tobacco Forrester
Kate Fortenbaugh
M.E. Foster
Mark Fox-Morgan
Sam Francis
Katharine Frankforter
Robilee Frederick
Viola Frey
Antonio Frias
Howard Fried
Robert Fried
Lynn Friedman
Harry Fritzius
Finley Fryer
Dawn Fryling
Jack Fulton
G
Dennis Gallagher
Amy Gallaher
Daniel Galvez
Shelley Gardner
Terri Garland
Michael Garlington
Charles Gatewood
Garry Gay
Melinda Gay
Linda Geary
Tom Gehrig
Lucas Geis
William Geis
Nancy Genn
Elena Ghioni
Tio Giambruni
Linda S. Fitz Gibbon
David James Gilhooly
Steve Gillman
Cindy Gilmore
Charles Ginnever
Allen Ginsberg
Nöle Giulini
Nina Glaser
Tim Glover
Eugene Omar Goldbeck
Joseph Goldyne
Jay Golick
Christina Vita Golik
Jay Golik
Gerald Gooch
Rachel Goodwin
Erin Goodwin-Guerrero
Daniel Gottsegen
Richard Graff
Art Grant
Ian Green
Susan Green
Herb Greene
Michael Gregory
Jenna Gretsch
Norman Griffin
Jeanine Grimes
Neil Grimmer
Kenneth Griswa
Marilyn Grover
Taylor Gutermute
Peter Gutkin
Bruce Guttin
H
Richard Haden
Judy Meyers Halem
Barbara Hall
Dennis Hall
Doug Hall
Judy Hall
Alisa Haller
Frank Hamilton
Deborah Hamon
Michelle Handelman
John Hannaford
Whitney Hannaford
Michael Hannon
Andy Harader
John Harding
James Harmon
Bruce Hasson
Robert D. Hastings
Ann Hatch
Frederick Hayes
Matt Heckert
Wally Hedrick
Susan Heeringa-Pieper
Al Held
Archie Held
Denney C. Hemens
Stephen Hendee
Mel Henderson
Mike Henderson
George Herms
Ester Hernández
John Herschend
Dee Hibbert-Jones
Todd Hido
Bill Hill
Shelley Hill
Beth Hird
Ivars Hirss
Charles Hobson
Wade Hoefer
Angelika Hofmann
Tom Holland
Art Holman
Joseph Holmes
Yuke Yee Hong
Dana Hooper
Henry Hopkins
John Hoppin
Mildred Howard
Robert Howard
Martha Bruce Huddle
Chuck Hudina
Robert Hudson
Gordon Huether
Bobbe Huetter
Alan Hunter
Jean Collier Hurley
Cynthia Hurtubis
Randy Hussong
Jim Hutchison
Gerald Huth
Frank Hyder
Dale Hytholt
I
Clint Imboden
David Ireland
Jeffrey Isaac
Stephanie Isaac
Bill Ivey
J
Oliver Lee Jackson
Tim Jag
Glenn Jampol
Luc Janssens
Packard Jennings
Jess
Kathleen Jesse
Philippe Jestin
Susan Jette
Joaquin
JoeSam.
Chris Johanson
Andrea Johnson
Jae Johnson
Jerome Johnson
Karen Johnson
David Jones
Larry Jordan
K
Kazuo Kadonaga
Ned Kahn
Stephen Kaltenbach
Linda Kane
Betty Nobue Kano
Shelley Karpilow
S. Brett Kaufman
Paffard Keatinge-Clay
Vic Keller
Leon Kelly
Patricia Kelly
Kurt Kemp
Mike Kendall
Adrienne Kendle-Saiz
Shelby Kennedy
Les Kerr
André Kertész
Jeff Key
David King
Hayward Ellis King
Jeffrey King
Linda M. Kingford
Robert Kinmont
Stefan Kirkeby
Dominique Kirk-Jegousse
Ed Kirshner
Masatoyo Kishi
Andrew Kleindolph
Fred Kling
Gordon Kluge
Chris Knipp
Lisa Kokin
Chris Komater
Paul Kos
Ralf Krempel
Les Krims
Vilem Kriz
Krol
Bill Krumbein
Zena Kruzick
Mona Kuhn
Evri Kwong
L
Tony Labat
Rachel Lachowicz
Therese Lahaie
Shari Lamanet
Jason LaMotte
Walter Lamp
Noah Lang
Phil Lange
Robin Lasser
Kirk Algeroy Le Claire
Miki Hsu Leavy
Carrie Lederer
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Fernand Léger
Jerry Leisure
Joel Leivick
Dennis Leon
Joanne Leonard
leonardogillesfleur
Stanley Leong
Michael Leventhal
Marilyn Anne Levine
Jeffrey Levitch
Saiman Li
Ralph Lieberman
Tony Ligamari
Alvin Light
Rose Linda
Charles Linder
Phil Linhares
Marvin Lipofsky
Janis Crystal Lipzin
Connell Ray Little
Ken Little
Jody Litton
David Lloyd
Ann Lobdell
Kerry Loewen
Suzanne M. Long
Patte Loper
Elizabeth Lopez
Roman Loranc
Margaret Lord
Victor Loverro
Michael Lucero
Brenda Luckin
Christine Luksza-Paravicini
Edward Lupper
Billie Grace Lynn
David Lynn
M
Mark Mack
David Mackenzie
Alexander Stewarg MacLeitch
Paul Mahder
Mail Order Brides/M.O.B
Ivan Majdrakoff
Philip Makanna
Judy Malloy
Joseph Mannino
K. Lee Manuel
M. Mara-Ann
Marc
Carlo Marchiori
Kara Maria
Tom Marioni
Joe Mariscal
Pam Martin
Fred Thomas Martin
Marx
Masashi Matsumoto
Charles Mattox
Lucia Matzger
William W. Maul
Galliano Mazzon
Robert Pearson McChesney
Jain McClain
Wade McClave
David McClay
Douglas McClellan
Peter Leone McCormick
Genivive McDevitt
Jock McDonald
Mary McDonald
Michael McDowell
Michael McFalls
James McGrath
Scott McGrath
David I. McGraw
Richard Thorpe McLean
Meadowsweet Dairy
James Melchert
Richard Mendelson
Hector Mendoza
Michael Mew
Rachel Murray Meyer
Gilda Meyers
Joan Meyers
Penny Michel
Charlene Milgrim
Bill Miller
Ken Miller
Roger Minick
Nancy Mintz
Richard Misrach
Chuba Modesty
Emberly Modine
Judith Modrak
Margrit Biever Mondovi
John Montgomery
Robert Moon
Jennifer Morant
Scott Morgan
Miriam Morris
William Morris
Philip Morsberger
Margaret Moulton
Joan Murray
Robert Bashasco Murray
Martin Myers
N
Ron Nagle
A. Leo Nash
Tony Natsoulas
Bruce Nauman
Marie Navarre
Gunvor Nelson
Robert Nelson
Manuel Neri
Noel Neri
Mary Bates Neubauer
Helmut Newton
Chantale Noel
Knut Jarl Noraas
Irving Norman
Andra Norris
Judy North
Shelley North-Gerson
Jann Nunn
Tom Nuzum
O
Shaun O’Dell
Arthur Okamura
Nathan Oliveira
Arthur Ollman
Signe Olson
Vittoria Ongaro
Gordon Onslow-Ford
Dennis Oppenheim
Chuck O’Rear
Ted Orland
Deborah Oropallo
Diana Orr
Sono Osato
Tara O’Siochain
Gay Outlaw
John Overall
Richard Overstreet
Bill Owens
Oxbow School Students
P
Merrily Page
Ulrike Palmbach
Scott Parady
Shirley Rae Parini
Harold Paris
David Park
Fred Parker
Judi Parks
Vernon Patrick
Laura Paulini
Ursula Pedersen
Michael Howard Peed
Jose Perez
Joe Peroni
Sam Perry
Jeff Peterson
Richard Pettibone
David Phillips
Joyce Phillips
Jean Louis Pierson
Irene Pijoan
Mimi Plumb-Chambers
Amy Podmore
Iris Polos
Benjamin Polsky
James Pomeroy
Lucian Octavius Pompili
Francis Ponge
Wesley Poole
Maria Porges
James Porter
Dennis Potter
Paul Pratchenko
Michele Pred
Ken Price
Nathaniel Price
Benjamin Prince
J. John Priola
Janis Provisor
David Prowler
Lucy Puls
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R
Marilyn Rabinovich
Abbie Rabinowitz
Laura Raboff
Joseph Raffael
Leta Ramos
Mel Ramos
Al Rand
Sonya Rapoport
Armando Rascón
Alan Rath
Valerie Raven
Salo Rawet
Don Ray
Man Ray
Laurie Leesen Reiche
Joe Reihsen
Richard Reisman
Deborah Remington
Albert Reyes
Jock Reynolds
Ben Richards
Eugene Richards
Judy Richardson
Sam Richardson
Rigo
Steve Ringman
Judith Rivera
Ruth Roberson
John Roberts
Kent Roberts
David Robinson
Walter Robinson
Simon Rodia
John Roeder
Ron Rogers
Nicholas Pascal Roiceil
Johanna Rubjen Roldan
John Roloff
Angela Ronzio
Charles Ross
Richard Ross
Sister Adele Rowland
Paul Rowley
Kenneth Royce
Meridel Rubenstein
Lesley Ruda
David Ruddell
Ruth Rummel
Scott Runion
John Ruterford
Alison Ruttan
Tim Ryan
S
Saggiassie
David Samas
Joe Samberg
Amy Sampson
Unai San Martin
Darryl Sapien
Peter Saul
Raymond Saunders
John Scarlata
Ursula Schneider
Cornelia Schulz
Diane Scolaro
Ruth Sears
Judith Selby
Christopher Seldon
Carol Selter
Guy Sengstock
Rudy Serra
James Servais
Anne Severson
Mary Shaffer
Stephen Shames
Sandra Shannonhouse
Nancy Shapiro
Brett B. Sharkey
Alice Shaw
Richard Shaw
Erik Shearer
Mick Sheldon
Alan Shepp
Diane Damé Shepp
Inda Shirley
Scott Siedman
Matthew Silverberg
Sandy Simon
Jean-Marie Simonet
Sherri Simons
John Simpkins
David Simpson
Lorna Simpson
Samantha Simpson
Suzanne Simpson
Zhee Singer
Nell Sinton
Harry Siter
Gail Skoff
John Slepian
Sharin Smelser
Hassel Smith
Maria Dawn Smith
Meg Smith
Shawn Smith
Teresa Smith
Ro Smyth
Jessica Snow
Mary Snowden
Rory M. Solis
Emilio Soltero
Travis Somerville
Isabelle Sorrell
Rick Soss
Danielle Spencer
Charles Splady
Peter Stackpole
Barbara Stafford
Harvey Bennett Stafford
Frances Stark
Margaret Starrett
Janet Stayton
Judy Steiner
Susan Leibovitz Steinman
Gerd Stern
Lorna Stevens
Michael Stevens
Norman Stiegelmeyer
Beth Stoker
Inez Storer
John Straiton
Mary Ann Strandell
Leslie Straw
S.J. Strong
Larry Sultan
Elisabeth Sunday
Stephanie Syjuco
T
Akio Takamori
Ram Tanwar
Derrick Taylor
Gage Taylor
Yoshio Taylor
Sam Tchakalian
Pavel Tchelitchew
Bryan Tedrick
Irvin Tepper
Keri Terry
Jim Thacher
The Committee
Earl Thollander
Marta Thoma
Lewis Thomas
Monte Thompson
Mungo Thomson
Erin Thurlow
Daniel Tiffany
Robert Titus
Sebastian Titus
Canan Tolon
Ama Torrance
Cecilia Kanda Trave
Horst Trave
Ruben Trejo
Arthur Tress
Ted Troxel
Mary Tsiongas
Christiane Tsouo-Harvey
Bill Tucker
Lincoln Hale Turner
Vee Tuteur
Steve Tyson
U
Motoko Uda
Jerry Uelsmann
Molly Hunter Umholtz
Chris Christian Unterseher
Urban-O
V
Chris Van Allsburt
Monica Van den Dool
Jean Van Keuren
Nicolas Van Krijdt
Vandersteen Vandersteen
Gabrielle Vasquez
Anne Veraldi
Carlos Villa
Emanual Dimitri Volakis
Baronesse Antoinette Von Grone
Barbara Vos
Peter Voulkos
W
John Henry Waddell
Catherine Wagner
Gerald Walburg
Rainer Waldenmaier
William Wareham
Horace Washington
Jan Watten
Jim Wayne
Stephanie Weber
Mary Hull Webster
James Weeks
Paul A. Wegner
Debra Weier
Sheila Weintraub
Ron Weis
Henry Wessel
H.C. Westermann
Brett Weston
Jo Whaley
Dee Wheatley
Juli Whisler
Jerry White
Jim Whiteaker
Susanne Wibroe
Daniel Wiener
Gail Wight
Heather Wilcoxon
William T. Wiley
Angela Willetts
Franklin Williams
L.G. Williams
Nancy Willis
Steve Wilmoth
Patrick Wilson
Jon Winet
Alice Wingwall
Jane Winkelman
Peter Winter
James Wintersteen
Cynthia Witkin
Joel-Peter Witkin
Robert Wollard
Baron Wolman
Paul Wonner
Nicholas Wood
John Woodall
Don Worth
X
Y
Samuel Yates
Jon Yeider
Kelli Yon
Norma Yorba
Nancy Youdelman
Kristina Young
Miriam Young
Z
Ron Zak
Peter Zecher
Dian Zepeda
Baochi Zhang
Richard S. Zoller