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1933 - 2001. Known for: Large-scale abstract painting, collage, cartoons, block printing, crows, teaching.
Darrell Forney. 1933-2001. Darrell Forney taught art at Sacramento City College for 34 years. Darrell Forney may be known for painting crows, along with his whimsical take on picture postcards. But... Read full biography
Darrell Forney. 1933-2001. Darrell Forney taught art at Sacramento City College for 34 years. Darrell Forney may be known for painting crows, along with his whimsical take on picture postcards. But there’s another dimension to his oeuvre. Forney, a Sacramento artist and teacher came of age with... Read full biography
Darrell Forney. 1933-2001. Darrell Forney taught art at Sacramento City College for 34 years. Darrell Forney may be known for painting crows, along with his whimsical take on picture postcards. But there’s another dimension to his oeuvre. Forney, a Sacramento artist and teacher came of age with Gregory Kondos and Wayne Thiebaud, and his painting of the 1960s show the influence of this artist. Forney left a number of art pieces not seen by many people—either because galleries decided these works... Read full biography
Darrell Forney. 1933-2001. Darrell Forney taught art at Sacramento City College for 34 years. Darrell Forney may be known for painting crows, along with his whimsical take on picture postcards. But there’s another dimension to his oeuvre. Forney, a Sacramento artist and teacher came of age with Gregory Kondos and Wayne Thiebaud, and his painting of the 1960s show the influence of this artist. Forney left a number of art pieces not seen by many people—either because galleries decided these works didn’t fit the shows they were curating, or because Forney decided not to release them for whatever reason. This may be one reason he was not as well known as his contemporizes. His works range from large abstract oils from the late 1970s and early... Read full biography
Darrell Forney. 1933-2001. Darrell Forney taught art at Sacramento City College for 34 years. Darrell Forney may be known for painting crows, along with his whimsical take on picture postcards. But there’s another dimension to his oeuvre. Forney, a Sacramento artist and teacher came of age with Gregory Kondos and Wayne Thiebaud, and his painting of the 1960s show the influence of this artist. Forney left a number of art pieces not seen by many people—either because galleries decided these works didn’t fit the shows they were curating, or because Forney decided not to release them for whatever reason. This may be one reason he was not as well known as his contemporizes. His works range from large abstract oils from the late 1970s and early 1980s; one of them, Sky, appears to contain the World Trade Center’s twin towers... Read full biography
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Darrell Forney
1933-2001
Darrell Forney taught art at Sacramento City College for 34 years.
Darrell Forney may be known for painting crows, along with his whimsical take on picture postcards. But there’s another dimension to his oeuvre.
Forney, a Sacramento artist and teacher came of age with Gregory Kondos and Wayne Thiebaud, and his painting of the 1960s show the influence of this artist.
Forney left a number of art pieces not seen by many people—either because galleries decided these works didn’t fit the shows they were curating, or because Forney decided not to release them for whatever reason. This may be one reason he was not as well known as his contemporizes.
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