Overview
Claude Buck began his artistic studies at the National Academy of Design in his native New York. There, he came under the influence the finest teachers available - Emile Carlsen, George deForest Brush, Francis Jones and Kenyon Cox. Later he traveled to Munich for a period of study. Upon his return, he began a busy schedule of exhibitions at which he earned many prizes.
Although Buck spent the last years of his life in Santa Cruz and is considered a California artist, his work reflects the formal New York and Munich training he received at the beginning of his career. He also was for some years a painting instructor at the Studio School of Art in Chicago.