Title

Painting, Oil, Canvas, Red River in Fargo and Moorhead 1879

Creation Date

1964

Count

1

Description

painting, oil, large, of Red River in FM in 1879; Mr. Fred Helmeke, the artist, started painting in 1958 when he retired from farming. Although he did some painting in 1917-1918, he gave it up during the time he was actively farming and raising his family. He and his wife resided on the home farm near Georgetown, Minn. They have 7 sons and 1 daughter. He has had several paintings on exhibit at the O'Rourke Gallery in Moorhead and also the Moorhead Public Library. He never had an art lesson.