Still Life, 1942
Oil on masonite
24 x 20 inches
Framed: 31 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches
Framed: 31 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches
Signed: Claude Buck 1942 lower left
artist
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.