Background
Darrow, Paul Gardner was born on October 31, 1921 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Frank Richard and Ruth Anne (Coutant) Darrow.
cartoonist illustrator painter printmaker
Darrow, Paul Gardner was born on October 31, 1921 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Frank Richard and Ruth Anne (Coutant) Darrow.
Associate of Arts, Pasadena Junior College, 1939; student, Art Center School Fine Arts, Pasadena, California, 1940-1941; student, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1944-1945; student, Claremont Graduate School, 1945-1949.
Professor art, Otis The Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles, 1962-1968; instructor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1979-1972; professor art, Claremont (California) Graduate School, 1955-1992; professor, Scripps College, Claremont, 1955-1992; professor emeritus, Scripps College, Claremont, since 1992. Artist-correspondent Vietnam war on ships at sea, Japan, Okinawa, Taiwan, 1964.
Member California Watercolor Society (vice president 1962-1963), Los Angeles Printmaking Society (co-founder).
Married Nadine Gunderson, June 13, 1944 (divorced 1963). Children: Christopher, Joan, Elizabeth, Eric. Married Suzanne Standlee Smith, June 8, 1965 (deceased November 1985).