Fred Darge Paints the Big Bend and Beyond
The Stampede by Fred Darge
Collection of Susan and Jim Lockhart
Fred Darge Paints the Big Bend and Beyond
April 22–June 4, 2022
German-born Dallas artist, Fred Darge (1900-1978) traveled and painted extensively throughout West Texas and New Mexico. Robert E. McKee III of Saint Jo, Texas curated the exhibit of over forty paintings, from private and museum collections, that beautifully capture the time spent by Darge in the Big Bend during the 1930s.
This exhibit was underwritten by Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Alton and Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Meece.
We are grateful to the following people and entities who loaned artwork for the exhibit
Fred Darge Paints the Big Bend and Beyond
Mr. Claude C. Albritton III
Mr. Marc C. Bateman
Ms. Irene Burnham
Mr. & Mrs. John Carpenter
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Coffee
Mr. Michael G. Denton
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Duperry
Ms. Joan Estes
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Evans
Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. Freeman Jr.
Mr. Mark Kever
Dr. & Mrs. J. Sloan Leonard
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Lockhart
Mr. & Mrs. Doug MacKinnon
Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Meece
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Majors McClendon
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McKee III
Ms. Carol Hobson Moore
Ms. Julia Nail Moss
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Pemberton
Mr. & Mrs. Pete Peterson
Mr. Mac Shafer
Mr. & Mrs. Monroe “Skip” Walbridge
The Bryan Museum
The John L. Nau III Collection of Texas Art
The Big Bend by Fred Darge
Watering Hole by Fred Darge
The John L. Nau III Collection of Texas Art
Shearing Time by Fred Darge
The John L. Nau III Collection of Texas Art