di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art maintains a permanent collection of works by Northern California artists that was originally collected by Rene di Rosa (1919-2010) and Veronica di Rosa  (1934–1991). The collection contains notable works by artists living or working in the San Francisco Bay Area from mid-twentieth century to the early twenty-first century, highlighting a story of experimentation of the artists of the region. It is displayed in part, on a rotating basis, in the galleries at di Rosa.

This page represents a just a portion of di Rosa’s rich permanent collection. Stay tuned as we continue to populate this page with artworks from our collection.

di Rosa strives to be a resource for educators, students and lifelong learners. For research inquiries, please contact curatorial@dirosaart.org.

 

Untitled (Rene with R. Hudson, R. Arneson, and W. T. Wiley)

Photograph

Group portrait featuring from left to right: Robert Hudson, Rene di Rosa, Robert Arneson, William T. Wiley in front of Arneson's "Big Grape of Winery Lake" posed as in the image.

2024

Black and white print

Rene di Rosa

Robert Hudson

Robert Carston Arneson

William T. Wiley

Photographic Art

AR2024

Purchase

Jock McDonald

1985

Date

Signature

Recto, lower right

An Absolute Native Glory: Selections from the di Rosa Preserve Collection

An Absolute Native Glory: Selections from the di Rosa Preserve