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Peter Darro Oil Painting, Ring-Necked Pheasants#1873495

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Peter Darro Oil Painting, Ring-Necked Pheasants#1873495
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Artist: Peter Darro

Title: Ring-Necked Pheasants

Year: 1971

Medium: Oil on canvas

Size: 24" x 36"




PETER DARRO






Boldly unique in the field of wildlife art are the paintings of artist and naturalist Peter Darro. His rare ability to achieve meticulous accuracy in his subjects, without sacrificing any of their vibrant color and exciting vitality, is the result of a lifetime of intimate observation of nature and an incomparable mastery of his art. Born in 1917, he grew up in Chicago, finding his greatest boyhood delights in summers in the forests and fields of his uncle's farm in Michigan. He pursued his art career as a student at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. After graduation, eager for adventure in the wilderness, he set out in his old Hudson sedan to travel throughout the western states to the coast, camping as he went, sketching, painting and studying the American landscape and its' creatures in all their infinite variety.



Upon his return to Chicago, his reputation as an artist rapidly became established. His intense interest in American history influenced many of his works, among which the portrait of Lincoln and paintings of pioneers migrating west have been widely reproduced. As a portrait painter, his ability to transmit the essential character of his subject won him national fame. He painted Senator Everett M. Dirksen in his chambers in Washington, D.C. The portrait, as well as the portrait of Mrs. ...
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<tr><td>Condition:excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1998</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:24</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:36</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Peter Darro Oil Painting, Ring-Necked Pheasants</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York City, USA</td></tr>
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