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When you are painting a landscape, assume the painting is real and the landscape is an illusion.

Walter Darby Bannard

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Walter Darby Bannard
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
Died: 2016
Died: October 2
Painter
Printmaker
New Haven
Connecticut
Darby Bannard
W. Darby Bannard
Walter Bannard
Painting
Real
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Landscape
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Illusion

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