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1905 St. James, Minnesota - 2002 Ramona, California. Known for: Realist landscape, mountain view and seascaep painting.
Some of the following biographical material is courtesy of Mr. Anthony P. Menditto of Sun City, California, a friend and painting partner of Darwin Duncan's for the last ten years, painting en plein... Read full biography
Some of the following biographical material is courtesy of Mr. Anthony P. Menditto of Sun City, California, a friend and painting partner of Darwin Duncan's for the last ten years, painting en plein air at least once every week. Darwin Duncan, a painter of the California landscape, was born in St.... Read full biography
Some of the following biographical material is courtesy of Mr. Anthony P. Menditto of Sun City, California, a friend and painting partner of Darwin Duncan's for the last ten years, painting en plein air at least once every week. Darwin Duncan, a painter of the California landscape, was born in St. James, Minnesota, on July 28, 1905. His parents brought him to California when he was five years old because of his asthmatic condition. As a child, Duncan developed a love of drawing, which stayed... Read full biography
Some of the following biographical material is courtesy of Mr. Anthony P. Menditto of Sun City, California, a friend and painting partner of Darwin Duncan's for the last ten years, painting en plein air at least once every week. Darwin Duncan, a painter of the California landscape, was born in St. James, Minnesota, on July 28, 1905. His parents brought him to California when he was five years old because of his asthmatic condition. As a child, Duncan developed a love of drawing, which stayed with him as an adult. At the age of 29, he met the painter Karl Albert, who said to him, "You draw better than I do. Maybe you should start painting." With that encouragement, Duncan did his first desert painting in 1934. He and Karl Albert soon met... Read full biography
Some of the following biographical material is courtesy of Mr. Anthony P. Menditto of Sun City, California, a friend and painting partner of Darwin Duncan's for the last ten years, painting en plein air at least once every week. Darwin Duncan, a painter of the California landscape, was born in St. James, Minnesota, on July 28, 1905. His parents brought him to California when he was five years old because of his asthmatic condition. As a child, Duncan developed a love of drawing, which stayed with him as an adult. At the age of 29, he met the painter Karl Albert, who said to him, "You draw better than I do. Maybe you should start painting." With that encouragement, Duncan did his first desert painting in 1934. He and Karl Albert soon met Edgar Payne who stopped at the Albert's mom and pop grocery store in Oro Grande, California to outfit himself for one of his trips to the... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Diorama, Museum Display Background
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Desert Landscape
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Seascapes, Seasides
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Catalina Island
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Art Teacher
- •Edgar Payne
- •Sam Hyde Harris
Art School
- •Desert Art Center, California
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Seascape Specialty