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1900 Rendsburg, Germany - 1978 Dallas, Texas. Known for: Western genre-cowboy, landscape.
The following is from David Darge: . Friedrich Ernst Darge. Born: March 1 1900 Rendsburg, Germany. Died: April 10 1978 Dallas, Texas. Entered the U.S. ; Jan. 14 1923 at Port Arthur, Texas. By 1924 he... Read full biography
The following is from David Darge: . Friedrich Ernst Darge. Born: March 1 1900 Rendsburg, Germany. Died: April 10 1978 Dallas, Texas. Entered the U.S. ; Jan. 14 1923 at Port Arthur, Texas. By 1924 he was in Chicago painting under the W.P.A. Artists policy and attending the Art Institute of Chicago... Read full biography
The following is from David Darge: . Friedrich Ernst Darge. Born: March 1 1900 Rendsburg, Germany. Died: April 10 1978 Dallas, Texas. Entered the U.S. ; Jan. 14 1923 at Port Arthur, Texas. By 1924 he was in Chicago painting under the W.P.A. Artists policy and attending the Art Institute of Chicago from where he graduated. While in Chicago he painted and made model sail boats, an interest he acquired in the German Merchant Marine at the age of 16. He also married, became a father, and managed a... Read full biography
The following is from David Darge: . Friedrich Ernst Darge. Born: March 1 1900 Rendsburg, Germany. Died: April 10 1978 Dallas, Texas. Entered the U.S. ; Jan. 14 1923 at Port Arthur, Texas. By 1924 he was in Chicago painting under the W.P.A. Artists policy and attending the Art Institute of Chicago from where he graduated. While in Chicago he painted and made model sail boats, an interest he acquired in the German Merchant Marine at the age of 16. He also married, became a father, and managed a painting trip throughout Minnesota and the Dakota's with his wife and son. By July of 1933 he had separated from his wife and son in Chicago and had settled in San Antonio, Texas as a starving artist. In September, 1935 he moved to Dallas where he... Read full biography
The following is from David Darge: . Friedrich Ernst Darge. Born: March 1 1900 Rendsburg, Germany. Died: April 10 1978 Dallas, Texas. Entered the U.S. ; Jan. 14 1923 at Port Arthur, Texas. By 1924 he was in Chicago painting under the W.P.A. Artists policy and attending the Art Institute of Chicago from where he graduated. While in Chicago he painted and made model sail boats, an interest he acquired in the German Merchant Marine at the age of 16. He also married, became a father, and managed a painting trip throughout Minnesota and the Dakota's with his wife and son. By July of 1933 he had separated from his wife and son in Chicago and had settled in San Antonio, Texas as a starving artist. In September, 1935 he moved to Dallas where he finished his paintings during the winter months and spent the summers painting on the ranches in West Texas and New Mexico.... Read full biography
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About Fred Darge: Keywords
Keywords (26)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Cowboys
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Texas Before 1940
Art Association
- •Dallas Art Association
Art School
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Western Subject Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Dallas Art Association-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago