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1882 Sandorhaji, Hungary - 1963 Laguna Beach, California. Known for: Plein aire western, coastal and desert view paintings, movie art director.
Born Wilmos Bela Sandorhaji at his family estate in Sandorhaji, Hungary on Sept. 14, 1882. He studied art for eight years at the Royal Academy of Budapest followed by further study in Paris at Ecole... Read full biography
Born Wilmos Bela Sandorhaji at his family estate in Sandorhaji, Hungary on Sept. 14, 1882. He studied art for eight years at the Royal Academy of Budapest followed by further study in Paris at Ecole des Beaux Arts. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1910, he established a reputation as a portrait... Read full biography
Born Wilmos Bela Sandorhaji at his family estate in Sandorhaji, Hungary on Sept. 14, 1882. He studied art for eight years at the Royal Academy of Budapest followed by further study in Paris at Ecole des Beaux Arts. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1910, he established a reputation as a portrait painter in NYC with such sitters as the evangelist Billy Sunday and the Woolworth family. At the beginning of WWI he settled in Los Angeles and, due to anti-German sentiment, changed his name to William... Read full biography
Born Wilmos Bela Sandorhaji at his family estate in Sandorhaji, Hungary on Sept. 14, 1882. He studied art for eight years at the Royal Academy of Budapest followed by further study in Paris at Ecole des Beaux Arts. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1910, he established a reputation as a portrait painter in NYC with such sitters as the evangelist Billy Sunday and the Woolworth family. At the beginning of WWI he settled in Los Angeles and, due to anti-German sentiment, changed his name to William S. Darling. He then began a 30-year career as supervising art director for 20th Century Fox Studios, winning three Oscars and several nominations for his settings. During his leisure he began painting landscapes en plein air as well as nocturnal... Read full biography
Born Wilmos Bela Sandorhaji at his family estate in Sandorhaji, Hungary on Sept. 14, 1882. He studied art for eight years at the Royal Academy of Budapest followed by further study in Paris at Ecole des Beaux Arts. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1910, he established a reputation as a portrait painter in NYC with such sitters as the evangelist Billy Sunday and the Woolworth family. At the beginning of WWI he settled in Los Angeles and, due to anti-German sentiment, changed his name to William S. Darling. He then began a 30-year career as supervising art director for 20th Century Fox Studios, winning three Oscars and several nominations for his settings. During his leisure he began painting landscapes en plein air as well as nocturnal cowboy and Indian scenes à la Frank Tenney Johnson. Darling maintained homes in Palm Springs and Laguna Beach where he derived. Source: Edan Hughes,... Read full biography
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Keywords (32)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Realism/Semi Impressionism
Art Subject
- •Beach Scenes, Bathers, Swimming Genre
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Cowboys
- •Desert Landscape
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Monterey, Carmel California
Art School
- •Desert Art Center, California
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Nocturne Specialty