Don Langeneckert, born: March 12, 1927 St. Louis, Missouri 1941-45: Roosevelt High School, St. Louis 1945-46: US Army, 18 months Casablanca, N. Africa 1947-50: Married & studied at Washington University School of fine Arts on GI Bill 1951: Worked with Jose Cavillo in Detroit, Michigan 1952-56: Bought my first horse and joined Cassell-Watkins-Paul as Illustrator - freelance basis, St. Louis 1957-62: Moved to Centaur Studios as Illustrator doing magazine illustrations, billboards, posters 1962-80: Went into business for myself, working for top advertising agencies and companies: D'Arcy Advertising, Gardner Advertising, Monsanto, Purina, Falstaff, Anheuser-Busch 1964: History of Brewing' - Falstaff calendar paintings, 2 steamboat paintings at Missouri Historical Society 1972: 10'x28' mural for Masonic Lodge 1980-81: Moved from 10 Broadway to new studio, built over horse barn behind our house. Still doing advertising and painting numerous horses, especially St. Louis Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales, western series of 1870 painting for Baisler Electric, series of over 70 beer steins for A-B, 187 dogs and cats poster for Purina, Cattle and pigs posters for Elanco Products 1994: Widowed - 2 living sons - 4 grandchildren. Older son is an art professor at Missouri University in Columbia, Missouri 2010: Still painting and learning more each day, and very lucky and thankful to be able to do what I love - always has been fun - a challenge. (原文来自艺术家介绍,请自行翻译中文) |
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