1917 Magrath, Alberta Territories, Canada - 2014 Forest Hills, New York. Known for: Freelance illustration, book cover art, portrait painting, posters.
Darrel Greene, American Illustrator: 11/19/1917 - 2/22/2014. by Chrissanth Greene-Gross, daughter of Darrel Greene. Darrel Greene, nee Jesse Darrel Green, grew up in Magrath, Canada and Salt Lake... Read full biography
Darrel Greene, American Illustrator: 11/19/1917 - 2/22/2014. by Chrissanth Greene-Gross, daughter of Darrel Greene. Darrel Greene, nee Jesse Darrel Green, grew up in Magrath, Canada and Salt Lake City, Utah. Always a sports and art enthusiast, he was known to have skied Alta before there were lifts... Read full biography
Darrel Greene, American Illustrator: 11/19/1917 - 2/22/2014. by Chrissanth Greene-Gross, daughter of Darrel Greene. Darrel Greene, nee Jesse Darrel Green, grew up in Magrath, Canada and Salt Lake City, Utah. Always a sports and art enthusiast, he was known to have skied Alta before there were lifts and worked decorating windows at ZCMI Department Store. When he learned he would soon be drafted, he signed up for Navy, maintaining that he’d rather ride than walk. Although he excelled as a pilot... Read full biography
Darrel Greene, American Illustrator: 11/19/1917 - 2/22/2014. by Chrissanth Greene-Gross, daughter of Darrel Greene. Darrel Greene, nee Jesse Darrel Green, grew up in Magrath, Canada and Salt Lake City, Utah. Always a sports and art enthusiast, he was known to have skied Alta before there were lifts and worked decorating windows at ZCMI Department Store. When he learned he would soon be drafted, he signed up for Navy, maintaining that he’d rather ride than walk. Although he excelled as a pilot and became a flight instructor, he did not even consider becoming a commercial pilot. He said that would have been like being a truck driver. Instead, with not more than two years training in art at an unknown college in Salt Lake City, he was... Read full biography
Darrel Greene, American Illustrator: 11/19/1917 - 2/22/2014. by Chrissanth Greene-Gross, daughter of Darrel Greene. Darrel Greene, nee Jesse Darrel Green, grew up in Magrath, Canada and Salt Lake City, Utah. Always a sports and art enthusiast, he was known to have skied Alta before there were lifts and worked decorating windows at ZCMI Department Store. When he learned he would soon be drafted, he signed up for Navy, maintaining that he’d rather ride than walk. Although he excelled as a pilot and became a flight instructor, he did not even consider becoming a commercial pilot. He said that would have been like being a truck driver. Instead, with not more than two years training in art at an unknown college in Salt Lake City, he was determined to “seek fame and fortune” as an artist in New York City. He worked as an illustrator at Chaite Studio among ot... Read full biography
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