Background
Delano was born in Marion, Massachusetts.
Delano was born in Marion, Massachusetts.
Art Students League of New York
Grand Central School of Art, New New York
He served in the United States Navy in the First World War, then worked on a ranch in Colorado, before moving to New York to study art Foreign many years he lived and painted in Denver, Colorado and Summit County, Colorado. In his early artistic years, Delano: Illustrated magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Collier"s Weekly and Western Stories Painted scenes for calendar companies Drew comic illustrations for magazines both in the United States of America, such as Life and Puck, as well as Punch in Britain.
During his later years, his painting focused on depictions of Navajo people, red sandstone canyons, and wildlife.
His style shows some Cubist influences. In 1940, Delano painted Navajo Shepherdess, placed in Monument Valley.
In it he placed a saguaro cactus, although it was well outside the naturally occurring area for this plant. lieutenant is believed to be the first illustrative use of the plant to symbolize the American West, which has become almost ubiquitous.