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    FRED DARGE (American, 1900-1978). Pit Stop in the Plains. Oil on canvas board. 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm). Signed l...

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    • Paintings, FRED DARGE (American, 1900-1978). Pit Stop in the Plains. Oil on canvas board. 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm). Signed l...
    • Paintings, FRED DARGE (American, 1900-1978). Pit Stop in the Plains. Oil on canvas board. 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm). Signed l...
    Paintings, FRED DARGE (American, 1900-1978). Pit Stop in the Plains. Oil on canvas board. 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm). Signed l... Paintings, FRED DARGE (American, 1900-1978). Pit Stop in the Plains. Oil on canvas board. 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm). Signed l... Paintings, FRED DARGE (American, 1900-1978). Pit Stop in the Plains. Oil on canvas board. 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm). Signed l... View More >
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    FRED DARGE (American, 1900-1978)
    Pit Stop in the Plains
    Oil on canvas board
    18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm)
    Signed lower right: F. Darge

    Born in Germany, Fred Darge came to America in 1924 and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. During the early 1930s, he worked as a cowhand in the Southwest. After 1945, Darge began making annual sketching trips to West Texas and New Mexico.

    Darge was one of the few early Texas artists who portrayed cowboys and ranch life consistently in his work. In this painting, the artist depicted a chuck wagon probably in the Davis Mountains of West Texas employing much heavier impasto than he typically used. Moreover, he rendered the sky and foreground using palette knife, a technique fairly rare in Darge's oeuvre. His signature was probably rendered using the end of the brush due to the thick paint.



    Condition Report*: Presents well in frame. Board is slightly bowed. Otherwise no apparent condition issues. Framed Dimensions 26.25 X 32.5 Inches
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