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Jan D'Esopo (born c. 1934) is a
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and sculptor, mainly active in Puerto Rico.


Early years

D'Esopo (birth name: Janet D'Esopo) was born in New York City. Her father Joe D'Esopo, a second generation Italian, was a doctor and a teacher at Yale University; her mother Marion was a psychiatric nurse of
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background. The family later moved to
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where D'Esopo received their primary and secondary education. In 1943, at the age of nine, Jan won various awards in painting at an exhibition held at the Wadsworth Atheneum. D'Esopo spent some summer vacations in Puerto Rico, where her uncle used to work for Puerto Rican governor Luis Muñoz Marín. The Gallery Inn at Galeria San Juan
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Art work

In 1961, D'Esopo and her husband purchased an eighteenth-century Spanish colonial house located on Norzagaray Street in Old San Juan. The couple restored the house, which is now known as "The Gallery Inn", and converted it into a gallery, studio, and boutique hotel. In the gallery, D'Esopo exhibits her works of art and sculptures. D'Esopo developed her own unique style of watercolor painting and in 1985 her paintings were exhibited, with that of other artists from around the world, at the
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. Her bronze monuments are exhibited in front of the Capitol Building of Puerto Rico and other public and private buildings. D'Esopo taught watercolor at the Art Students League in San Juan and founded two art galleries to encourage and promote young artists. She also organized workshops together with her sister Teresa, who is a portrait artist. Among the publications which have written articles or published the art works of D'Esopo are: '' The New York Times'', '' Vogue'', '' The Wall Street Journal'', '' The Washington Post'', '' Chicago Daily News'', ''Colonial Homes'', ''Country Inns'', ''Travel & Leisure'', and ''The American Way Magazine''. She has also recorded two educational videos, ''Landscape Painting: Old San Juan'' and ''Bronze is Her Passion''.


See also

* List of Puerto Rican artists


References


External links


Puerto Rico en Route
{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Esopo, Jan 1934 births Living people Puerto Rican painters Puerto Rican women painters Puerto Rican women sculptors Puerto Rican sculptors Hispanic and Latino American women in the arts