GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born in Hamburg, Germany, Fred Darge immigrated to the United States in 1923 and trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York. After attending school in Chicago, he worked in commercial illustration until the onset of the Great Depression. He came to Texas in the early 1930s and spent the remainder of his life capturing the culture and history of central Texas and the Big Bend Country. Darge's main subject was the arid Trans-Pecos landscape of far western Texas.
Adapted from
Rick Stewart, Lone Star Regionalism: The Dallas Nine and Their Circle (Dallas Museum of Arts: Dallas, TX, 1985), 160.
NOTES
This note was started by Erin Pinon but found in trash after she left. I moved it to my notes to see if I can pick up where she left off. Aug 2016.
I removed the rules that attached this content to the works in the collection because I replaced it with a rule linking to Darge's constituent record.
No education file found for Darge.
Constituent record has 1900-1978 life dates
born- March 1, 1900- Hamburg, Germany
died- April 10, 1978- Dallas, TX
trained- Chicago (1925-1929) Attended Art Institute of Chicago 1925-27 and 1929.
trained- New York City (1925-1929?) Atttended Art Students League at some point during the years he trained at AIC.
worked- Chicago- 1930-1933
worked- San Antonio- July 1933-1935
worked- Dallas- 1935-1942, 1944-1978- Left in 1942 for the Army and returned after service concluded in 1944.
worked- Nov 11, 1942- March 22, 1944 South Pacific, United States Army.
worked- Trans-Pecos (area)- 1935-1978- traveled west to this region while living in Dallas.
historical dates:
Jan 14, 1923- enter U.S. at Port Arthur, TX
Fun fact source about model boats and German Merchant Marine- texaspaintings.com/darge.htm
Fun fact source about WWII amulance as studio van- http://www.vintagetexaspaintings.com/artists/19-fred-darge-paintings
Artist name in ULAN as Fred and Frederick is not listed as the alternate or variant.
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Dallas Nine~ Read more about this group on the Handbook of Texas Online (published by the Texas State Historical Association).
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- As a young man, Darge enjoyed making model boats as a hobby. His maritime interest may have come from his experience as a German Merchant Marine when he was a teenager.
- Darge illustrated Zeb Pike, a 1963 book by Howard S. Aronson about the early American explorer (Zebulon Montgomery Pike, 1779-1813) who led expeditions to the northern stretches of the Mississippi River and westward acoss the Rocky Mountains into Colorado.
- After World War II, Darge purchased a military ambulance and refurbished it into a mobile studio for his annual journeys westward from Dallas.
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General Description
Born in Hamburg, Germany, Fred Darge immigrated to the United States in 1923 and trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York. After attending school in Chicago, he worked in commercial illustration until the onset of the Great Depression. He came to Texas in the early 1930s and spent the remainder of his life capturing the culture and history of central Texas and the Big Bend Country. Darge's main subject was the arid Trans-Pecos landscape of far western Texas.
Adapted from
Rick Stewart, Lone Star Regionalism: The Dallas Nine and Their Circle (Dallas Museum of Arts: Dallas, TX, 1985), 160.
Fun Facts
- As a young man, Darge enjoyed making model boats as a hobby. His maritime interest may have come from his experience as a German Merchant Marine when he was a teenager.
- Darge illustrated Zeb Pike, a 1963 book by Howard S. Aronson about the early American explorer (Zebulon Montgomery Pike, 1779-1813) who led expeditions to the northern stretches of the Mississippi River and westward acoss the Rocky Mountains into Colorado.
- After World War II, Darge purchased a military ambulance and refurbished it into a mobile studio for his annual journeys westward from Dallas.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Dallas Nine~ Read more about this group on the Handbook of Texas Online (published by the Texas State Historical Association).
Notes
This note was started by Erin Pinon but found in trash after she left. I moved it to my notes to see if I can pick up where she left off. Aug 2016.
I removed the rules that attached this content to the works in the collection because I replaced it with a rule linking to Darge's constituent record.
No education file found for Darge.
Constituent record has 1900-1978 life dates
born- March 1, 1900- Hamburg, Germany
died- April 10, 1978- Dallas, TX
trained- Chicago (1925-1929) Attended Art Institute of Chicago 1925-27 and 1929.
trained- New York City (1925-1929?) Atttended Art Students League at some point during the years he trained at AIC.
worked- Chicago- 1930-1933
worked- San Antonio- July 1933-1935
worked- Dallas- 1935-1942, 1944-1978- Left in 1942 for the Army and returned after service concluded in 1944.
worked- Nov 11, 1942- March 22, 1944 South Pacific, United States Army.
worked- Trans-Pecos (area)- 1935-1978- traveled west to this region while living in Dallas.
historical dates:
Jan 14, 1923- enter U.S. at Port Arthur, TX
Fun fact source about model boats and German Merchant Marine- texaspaintings.com/darge.htm
Fun fact source about WWII amulance as studio van- http://www.vintagetexaspaintings.com/artists/19-fred-darge-paintings
Artist name in ULAN as Fred and Frederick is not listed as the alternate or variant.
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