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Fred Darge

Fred Darge (1900 - 1978) was active/lived in Texas.  Fred Darge is 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 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.

He entered the Army on Nov. 11 1942, served in the south Pacific and was honorably discharged on   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1994 characters.]  Artist bio

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