David T. Darling. Active c. 1920-1950.
Darling studied for several years in France at the Academie Libre in Nice, at the Grande Chimere in Paris, and at the Academie Colorasie. His works have been exhibited at the Galerie Nice and the Salon de Beaux Arts in Paris. Then he spent time in the Austrian Tyrol. Upon his return to Rochester, New York, he was invited to contribute to a joint exhibition of eminent watercolorists in company with John Marin and George Ennis at the Memorial Art Gallery. So favorably were his watercolors received tht he was asked to submit his pictures for an exhibition at the Art Center of New York, where he had the distinction of winning the praise of metropolitan critics.
Subsequently he moved to 46 Washington Square in Manhattan. He held a one-man show at the Art Center in New York City of a new type of decorative water color which he called "Water-Graph," which he made by a secret stencil process of his own invention. He used seven, eight or more stencils to obtain the well-defined outlines and transparent watercolor applied with a dry brush to produce the subtle gradations of tone. The general effect is of a beautifully handled color woodblick print, but with richer tonal effects and more shading. The process gives the appearance of something which is between a transparent, brushed watercolor and a pastel.
He gained a reputation as a painter and as a book illustrator. He painted murals that are in the Pennsylvania state building in Harrisburg. After 1930, he was Assistant Professor of Art at Marshal College, Huntington, West Virginia, where he taught and worked in oils and etching. In 1932 he exhibited the watergraphs at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C.
All works are signed in pencil unless indicated otherwise.
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Flowers
Lily. c. 1930. Watergraph in green, grey, gold and white. 11 7/8 x 10 1/16. $300.
White Rose -- Green Tones. c. 1930. Watergraph in yellow, light tan, light green, dark green and white. 13 5/8 x 10 7/8 (sheet 17 5/8 x 14 3/8). A fine impression printed on heavy off-white wove paper. Signed in pencil. $400.
White Rose -- Yellow Tones. c. 1930. Watergraph in yellow, light tan, light green and white. 13 5/8 x 10 7/8 (sheet 14 1/8 x 17 5/8). A fine impression printed on heavy off-white wove paper. Signed in
Red Waterlily. c. 1930. Watergraph in red, green, brown, black, grey and white. 11 7/8 x 10. $350.
White Waterlily. c. 1930. Watergraph in aqua, green, brown, black, grey, red and white.. 11 7/8 x 10. $350.
Landscapes
Clouds. c. 1930. Watergraph in aqua, brown, black, blue and mauve. 10 x 8 (sheet 11 1/4 x 1/8). Signed in pencil. $350.
Landscape. c. 1930. Watergraph black and grey. 9 7/8 x 14 (sheet 13 1/8 x 161/8). Unsigned. $175.
Snowscape. c. 1930. Watergraph in purple, blue, green and mauve. 11 x 14 x 8 (sheet 13 1/42 x 17 3/8). Signed in pencil. $500.
Pine Tree. c. 1930. Watergraph in aqua, brown, black, blue and mauve. 10 x 8 (sheet 11 1/4 x 1/8). Signed in pencil. $350.
The Pool. c. 1930. Watergraph ingreen, brown, black, grey and mauve. 10 x 8 (sheet 16 x 13 1/4). Signed in pencil. $350.
Portraits
[Mollie.] c. 1930. Watergraph in black, blue, red and burnt umber. 11 7/8 x 9 7/8. $275. .
[Mollie - Brown.] c. 1930. Watergraph in russet, brown, red and burnt umber. 11 7/8 x 9 7/8. $275.
[Roberta.] c. 1930. Watergraph in russet. 11 7/8 x 9 7/8. #74. $250.
[Roberta.] c. 1930. Watergraph in blue, aqua, black, red, brown, white. 11 7/8 x 9 7/8. Signed in pencil. $275.
[Tallulah.] c. 1930. Watergraph in russet. 11 7/8 x 9 7/8. #32. $300.
[Vilma.] c. 1930. Watergraph in russet. 11 7/8 x 9 7/8. #58. $250.
[Vilma --Blue] c. 1930. Watergraph in black, grey, aqua, red and white. 11 7/8 x 9 7/8. Signed in pencil. $250.
[Underwater Rhythm.] c. 1930. Watergraph in colors. 11 7/8 x 10. #20. $300.
[Underwater Rhythm.] c. 1930. Watergraph in black. 11 7/8 x 10. #25. $200.
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