About the artist:

Private DeMarco is from Cleveland, where he received his early art training in the famed Cleveland Art School. This institution awarded him a scholarship to the internationally known Colorado Springs Fine Art Center. His studies there were about completed when the Japs attacked Pearl Harbor – remember? – so he immediately traded his easel and brushes for a full-field pack and a rifle. However, he now intends to be a trainee in daytime, and an artist at night…to the delight of the 77th,” Dispatch, April 17, 1942, p. 2. “MARCO DeMARCO, 97 year old retired Professor of Art at the Cleveland Institute of Art, peacefully entered eternal life on Wednesday, Sept 30th in his home under the care of Summa Hospice and Visiting Angels. An informal Celebration of his art and life will be held in his home at 3331 Caleb Street, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio,” per Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oct. 23, 2015, obits.