Gounod's father Dionys Heberling was born in #### ####, becoming a popular musician in the 1880s with his Hungarian Orchestra. At some point he became a favorite musician for Queen Maria of Romania. The queen honored him by changing his family name to de Romandy, or "violinist of the gypsies."

It was in the momentous year of 1893 that Romandy's gypsies played the Edgewater Inn, Colorado Springs, Colorado, performed at the World's Fair in Chicago, and finally settled down for a three-month gig at the Del Coronado Hotel in San Diego. It was here at the hotel where Gounod Romandy was born in the summer of 1893.

Sypmphony in Paint is dedicated to sharing Gounod's vibrant vision of early California. Our giclee print process captures each detail to the brush stroke, on museum-grade materials and inks that will not fade or become discolored.

Gounod’s sudden passing in 1942 left virtually all his paintings in family hands, unseen by the art world until now. We use museum-grade print processes that take a high-resoltion scan of the original painting, recreating every brush stroke and color.