I think 'rural classicism' would fit tighter as a 'style' moniker.
This image brings a relatively late series of Darby's to mind - one in particular (square format) that included a rare reference to a 'running man' - 'mailman' ? I recall him saying something about it being a homage to comics from the early 20th century (Katzenjammer Kids) I tried to track the specific painting down but couldn't locate your encyclopedic collection of his life's work - I am left to presume that you were asked to delete the site. Too bad. It provided insights into his progress that is hard to piece together with what is left online.
I would suggest Jigsaw Cubism.
Franklin,
I think 'rural classicism' would fit tighter as a 'style' moniker.
This image brings a relatively late series of Darby's to mind - one in particular (square format) that included a rare reference to a 'running man' - 'mailman' ? I recall him saying something about it being a homage to comics from the early 20th century (Katzenjammer Kids) I tried to track the specific painting down but couldn't locate your encyclopedic collection of his life's work - I am left to presume that you were asked to delete the site. Too bad. It provided insights into his progress that is hard to piece together with what is left online.
I wrote a piece titled "Krazy as Muse: Walter Darby Bannard and the Comics of George Herriman," which is archived here: https://franklin.art/writing/2011/krazy-as-muse-george-herriman-walter-darby-bannard/
Images are at the original publication, which I'd rather not link to given the later writing career of the editor: https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/07/19/bloomberg-writer-noah-berlatsky-that-attacked-sound-of-freedom-exposed-as-pro-pedophilia-activist/
Another double-heart moment!