Darling
(1894-1973) was an otherwise ordinary man with an admittedly restless resume:
Commercial fisherman, Hollywood stuntman, chiropractor and oil-industry
engineer. He retired at age 65, following the death of his wife, and to escape
his grief and loneliness, he embarked on two sojourns through Europe and the
Far East, including journeys via tramp steamer to Japan, the Philippines and
the islands of the South Pacific. When he finally returned home from his
adventures, he began to furiously paint his recollections of the places he’d
visited, even though he’d never picked up a brush before. These images soon
filled all the wall space in his house from top to bottom, necessitating him to
use furniture and other household objects to paint on. The result, an obsessive
art environment called House of a Thousand Paintings, is one of the more
remarkable feats of Outsider Art, as this selection of Darling’s work shows.
Venue name:
Shrine
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