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An example of work by William S. Darling
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born Wilmos Bela Sandorhaji at his family estate in Sandorhaji, Hungary on Sept. 14, 1882. He studied art for eight years at the Royal Academy of Budapest followed by further study in Paris at Ecole des Beaux Arts. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1910, he established a reputation as a portrait painter in NYC with such sitters as the evangelist Billy Sunday and the Woolworth family. At the beginning of WWI he settled in Los Angeles and, due to anti-German sentiment, changed his name to William S. Darling. He then began a 30-year career as supervising art director for 20th Century Fox Studios, winning three Oscars and several nominations for his settings. During his leisure he began painting landscapes en plein air as well as nocturnal cowboy and Indian scenes à la Frank Tenney Johnson. Darling maintained homes in Palm Springs and Laguna Beach where he derived much of his subject matter. He also made many painting forays into the Southwest. He died in Laguna Beach, CA on Dec. 15, 1963. Member: Laguna Beach AA (pres.); Desert Art Center, Palm Springs (pres.). Exh: Laguna Festival of Arts, 1961. In: Nat'l Gallery, Hungary (self portrait); Laguna Beach Museum. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born at his family estate in Sandorhaji, Hungary, William Darling studied art for eight years at the Royal Academy of Budapest. He had further study on a scholarship at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1910, he came to the United States and became a portrait painter in New York City.
At the onset of World War II, he settled in California, with homes in Palm Springs and Laguna Beach. Because of war-time sentiment, he changed his name from Wilmos Bela Sandorhaji to William Darling.
For 30 years he was supervising Art Director for 20th Century Fox studios and won Oscars for "Anna and the King of Siam", "Song of Bernadette" and "The Rains Came". It was the golden era of the movie industry.
In his leisure he did plein-aire landscape and cowboy and Indian scenes.
The Hungarian government purchased several of his works for public buildings and their national gallery.
Source: TREASURY OF LIVING ART, Desert Art Center, Palm Springs, CA 1970 |
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