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WILDER DARLING (USA, 1856-1933). "Military." 14 panels in oil on panel. Signed.

WILDER DARLING (USA, 1856-1933). "Military." 14 panels in oil on panel. Signed. Measurements: 22 x 16 cm. Being a painter specialized in the genre of the portrait, when transferring the portrait to the representation of military (in which the fundamental thing is the wardrobe), Wilder Darling adopts the same detailed and meticulous style that characterizes him. This series of military portraits, showing the clothing of each regiment, may have been commissioned by an official commission. We see Polish Cossacks and Napoleonic soldiers, among other regiments. The painting of officers and soldiers focusing on clothing has been an art form that not only documents the evolution of uniforms throughout history, but also provides a window into the social and cultural identity of each era. Wilder Darling, as did John Singer Sargent in the same era, painted portraits of officers that captured the authenticity and details of the uniforms of the time, showing the functionality and symbolism behind military dress. Known as the dean of Toledo (Ohio) painters, Wilder Darling had a long career in Europe and then in Ohio as a painter and teacher. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio, shortly before the Civil War. In 1870, he began studying art at the age of fourteen, when he became a student of Henry Mosler in Cincinnati. At nineteen he traveled to Europe with Mosler and studied in Munich with Frank Duveneck and at the Royal Academy. Later, on another trip, he studied with Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant at the Académie Julian in Paris. He was also a student of William Merritt Chase in the United States. Darling was especially attracted to life in Holland, where the emphasis was on simple living and domestic pleasure. He established a studio in Laren (Holland) for several years, which became a famous tourist attraction. During this period, he used Dutch families as models and became an expert genre painter. At the outbreak of World War I, he returned to the United States and spent two years in New York before settling in Toledo, near Sandusky, his hometown. Determined to make Toledo a center of art, he became a strict teacher of drawing and encouraged experimentation in the then avant-garde styles of impressionism, post-impressionism and early modernism.

"IMPRESSIONISTIC CITYSCAPE" SIGNED W. D.

"IMPRESSIONISTIC CITYSCAPE" SIGNED W. D. American, first-half 20th Century. Oil on board. Possibly Wilder Darling (1854-1933), Toledo, Ohio. Hillside city with river. Initialed lower right. 10.25"h. 14"w. Framed, 14.75"h. 16.75"w.

Wilder M. Darling

(Ohio, 1856-1933) Self Portrait, stamped lower right, oil on panel, 16-1/4 x 11-1/4 in.; gilt wood frame, 21-3/4 x 16-3/4 in. Provenance: Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio; Collection of David Bahlman and Howard Klosterman Exhibited: Wilder Darling /Jesse Deviney, the Dean and his Student, Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio, n.d., catalog ill. p. 8.

Wilder M. Darling American, 1856-1933 Wood Gathering

Wilder M. Darling American, 1856-1933 Wood Gathering Signed W. M. Darling (ll); inscribed Wilder Darling (lr) Oil on canvas 18 x 12 1/2 inches (45.7 x 31.8 cm) C 

Wilder M. Darling American, 1856-1933 La Sieste

Wilder M. Darling American, 1856-1933 La Sieste Stamped Wilder M. Darling No. 16 (ll); inscribed W. M. Wilder on the reverse Oil on canvas 15 x 18 inches (38.1 x 45.7 cm) Provenance: Collection of David Sellin, Washington, D.C. Exhibited: Pennsylvania, PA, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Americans in Brittany and Normandy, 1860-1910, Sep. 24 - Nov. 28, 1982; Traveling to Fort Worth, TX, Amon Carter Museum, Dec. 16, 1982 - Feb. 6. 1983 then to Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Art Museum, Mar. 18 - May 1, 1983 then to Washington DC, National Museum of American Art, Jun. 10 - Aug. 14, 1983 Pont-Aven, FR, Musee de Pont-Aven, Pientres Americains en Bretagne, 1995 C 

Wilder M. Darling American, 1856-1933 Wood Gathering

Wilder M. Darling American, 1856-1933 Wood Gathering Signed W. M. Darling (ll); inscribed Wilder Darling (lr) Oil on canvas 18 x 12 1/2 inches (45.7 x 31.8 cm) C 

Wilder Darling graphite

Wilder Darling (American 1856-1933)- Standing Peasant Woman with Jug- graphite on paper, initialed W. M. D. lower right, figure study verso. 19 1/2 x 10''

Wilder Darling oil

Wilder Darling (American 1856-1933)- Seated Artist- oil on canvas, signed W. Darling lower left. 18 x 22''

Darling, Wilder M., 1856-1933, Ohio/Holland, Interior Genre Scene. Oil on Canvas.

Darling, Wilder M., 1856-1933, Ohio/Holland, Interior Genre Scene. Oil on Canvas. Signed and dated "WM Darling 1906" on reverse. Also on reverse are multiple exhibition labels. h:22 w:17.75 in.

WOMAN AT REST ATTRIBUTED TO WILDER DARLING (AMERICAN, 1856-1933).

WOMAN AT REST ATTRIBUTED TO WILDER DARLING (AMERICAN, 1856-1933). Oil on canvas, unsigned. Depicts a woman dressed in traditional Dutch costume. Glued down to masonite. 29.75"h. 23.5"w., in a frame, 34.75"h. 28.25"w.

Portrait by Wilder M. Darling, Oil on Canvas

Wilder M. Darling (America/Ohio, 1856-1933), signed l.r. on verso; 17.5 x 12.5 in.

Self Portrait by Wilder M. Darling, Oil on Panel

Wilder M. Darling (American/Ohio, 1856-1933), signed l.l.; 12.25 x 11.25 in.

Wilder M. Darling (American, 1856-1933) Mother and Child 14 1/8 x 11in

Mother and Child signed 'Darling' (lower left) oil on canvas board 14 1/8 x 11in

Wilder M. Darling (American, 1856-1933) Mother and Child 14 1/8 x 11in

Mother and Child signed 'Darling' (lower left) oil on canvas board 14 1/8 x 11in

WILDER M. DARLING (AMERICAN, 1856-1933) STUDY FOR OUT THE WINDOW Oil on canvas: 15 x 10 1/2 in.

WILDER M. DARLING (AMERICAN, 1856-1933) STUDY FOR OUT THE WINDOW Oil on canvas: 15 x 10 1/2 in. This was probably done while Darling was in Holland

WILDER M. DARLING (AMERICAN, 1856-1933) STUDY FOR OUT THE WINDOW Oil on canvas: 15 x 10 1/2 in'

WILDER M. DARLING (AMERICAN, 1856-1933) STUDY FOR OUT THE WINDOW Oil on canvas: 15 x 10 1/2 in' This was probably done while Darling was in Holland

WILDER M. DARLING (AMERICAN, 1856-1933) RURAL SCENE and 2 STUDIES Oil on board: 12 x 7 1/2 in.

WILDER M. DARLING (AMERICAN, 1856-1933) RURAL SCENE and 2 STUDIES Oil on board: 12 x 7 1/2 in. Framed; verso inscribed W.M.Darling Provenance : From the artist's studio to the present owner Literature: Known as the Dean of Toledo painters, Wilder Darling had a long career in Europe and then in Ohio as a painter and teacher. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio shortly before the Civil War. In 1870, he began studying art at age fourteen when he became a student of Henry Mosler in Cincinnati. At age nineteen, he went to Europe with Mosler, studying in Munich with Frank Duveneck and at the Royal Academy. Later on another trip, he studied with Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant at the Academy Julian in Paris. He was also a student of William Merritt Chase in the United States. Darling was especially taken with life in Holland because of the emphasis there on simple living and domestic pleasure. He established a studio in Lauren, Holland for several years, and this became a famous tourist attraction. During this period, he used Dutch families as models and became a skilled genre painter. At the beginning of World War I, he returned to the United States, spending two years in New York City before settling in Toledo, which was near his birth place of Sandusky. He determined to make Toledo an art center and became a strict teacher of drawing and encouraged experimentation in what were then avant-garde styles of impressionism, post-impressionism, and early modern.

WILDER M. DARLING (American, 1856-1933) SKEINNING THE YARN

WILDER M. DARLING (American, 1856-1933) SKEINNING THE YARN. Oil on board interior scene shows two women working with flax wheel and arranging the yarn. Signed lower left in a square block and dated "19". A small portrait is painted on the reverse of a man reading a book. Housed in an ebonized molded wood frame with gold liner. SIZE: 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". CONDITION: Very good. 9-72976

WILDER DARLING (American 1856-1933) "Interior Scene by a Fireplace" (possible self-portrait), oil on canvas laid down, signed lower right "Darling". 16.75"x21".