Claude Buck was born in New York City on July 3, 1890. He began his artistic studies at the National Academy of Design and was taught by artists including Emil Carlsen, George de Forest 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.
Claude Buck was a leading member of the avant-garde Symbolism artists’ movement in Chicago. He moved there from his birthplace New York City in 1919. Buck was known for his "fantastic, sometimes disturbing images with allegorical and literary themes" (Kennedy 97) drawn from writings of Edgar Allan Poe, operas by Richard Wagner, classical mythology and "New Testament" writings from the Bible. In the 1920s, to earn money by gaining public favor and also expressing his increasing disdain for modernism, Buck did a number of hyperrealist portraits, figures and still lifes. These proved popular and aligned him with the opponents of abstraction and their Society for Sanity in Art movement, whose headquarters were in Chicago. Buck taught drawing and painting at the Chicago Academy For the Arts from 1921–26 and at the Art Institute, where he took over classes of George Bellows.
In New York City before coming to Chicago, Buck had a reputation as a radical artist. He took his first art training from his father, William R. Buck, from the time he was aged 3 to 14, and then until he was 22, he studied at the National Academy of Design, where he was nicknamed "Kid Hassam" because his painting reminded viewers of that of Claude Hassam. Buck worked as a scene painter in the theatre and at the Willet Stained Glass Company and began portrait commissions in 1914 to earn money. In New York, he founded a group named the "Introspectives," which reflected his own problems with melancholy during that period. Members holding their first exhibition at the Whitney Studio in 1917 were artists who expressed their personal feelings and experiences and included Raymond Jonson and Emil Armin. In this phase of his career. Buck was focused on Old World styles of Leonardo da Vinci, Ralph Albert Blakelock and Albert Pinkham Ryder. In 1929, the Arts Council of New York voted him one of the top 100 painters in the United States. In 1949, Buck and his wife Leslie moved to California to a studio-home in the Santa Cruz Mountains and ten years later, they settled in Santa Barbara where he died on August 4, 1974. In California, he was a member of the Carmel Art Association, the Santa Cruz Art League that he served as President in 1953 and the Santa Barbara Art Association.
Although Buck spent the last years of his life in Santa Cruz, California and was considered a California artist, his work also reflected the formal New York and Munich training he received at the beginning of his career. He also was a painting instructor at the Studio School of Art in Chicago for some years and was a member of Chicago Galleries Association, Society for Sanity in Art and Grand Central Art Gallery.
(Biography provided by Robert Azensky Fine Art)
Mid Century Chianti with Orange Still Life by Claude Buck
By Claude Buck
Located in Soquel, CA
Still life "Wine with Orange" by Claude (Charles Claude) Buck (1890-1974). Signed lower left. Artist's notes and color scheme on verso. Displayed in rustic giltwood frame. Image, 14"...
Masonite, Oil
Old Iron Kettle with Apples, 16x24" oil on linen, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Old Iron Kettle with Apples by Lu Haskew Oil 16x24" image size 24x32" Framed ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009 "Life is good to me. Being able to go ...
Canvas, Oil
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H 24 in W 32 in D 2 in
Copper and Carnations, 16x24", oil on linen, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Copper and Carnations by Lu Haskew Oil 16x24" image size, 24x32" Framed Still life in reds and pinks ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009 "Life is good to me. Being able to go to ...
Canvas, Oil
Shape of Trumpets, 24x18" oil on linen, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
"The Shape of Trumpets" by Lu Haskew Oil 28x22" framed, 24x18" image size Signed lower right, a still life of tulips and daffodil with porcelain and lemons below ABOUT THE ARTIST: ...
Canvas, Oil
Mostly White, 24x20" oil, framed still life
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Mostly White by Lu Haskew Floral Still Life Oil painting 24x20" image size 28x24" framed size Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary for safe transport of fine art. ...
Canvas, Oil
Red Grapes, 24x16" oil on board
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Red Grapes by Lu Haskew Oil Still Life of Grapes against a stucco wall 24x16" image size, 30x22" framed Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary for safe transport of f...
Canvas, Oil, Board
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H 22 in W 30 in D 2 in
Yellow Glads, 16x24" oil on linen, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Yellow Glads by Lu Haskew Oil on Canvas Floral Still Life 16x24" Image Size, 22x30" Framed ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009 "Life is good to me. Being able to go to my studio five days weekly and paint for several hours, living in a supportive community, having family and friends who encourage me--all have contributed to helping me become an artist. Being fortunate to study with some of the artists I admire has kept me painting from the garden, people and my favorite things. With the support of galleries, teaching and doing demos, how could I do anything else? My goal is to try to be the best I can be by always being a student, looking for new ideas and stretching my horizons." Upon retirement from a 33-year teaching career, Lu rented a studio in Loveland and began concentrating on her oil and watercolor painting. Learning from artists she had followed and admired throughout the years her painting became a full time career. Since 1992, she has studied with renowned painters Richard Schmid, Clyde Aspevig, Joyce Pike, and others at the Scottsdale Art...
Canvas, Oil
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H 24 in W 20 in D 2 in
Nightstand, 20x16", oil on linen, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
"Nightstand" by Lu Haskew Oil 24x20" framed, 20x16" image size A colorful antique oil lamp is accompanied by some fresh cut flowers and a lace drape cascades over the table in this r...
Canvas, Oil
Small Bouquets - 16x16" oil on board
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Small Bouquets by Lu Haskew Oil 16x16" image size Still Life of spring flowers, pansies, daffodil, in blue vases. This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed. Online Order Only, not in gallery display. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009 "Life is...
Canvas, Oil, Board
The Yellow Rose
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted by Nelson H. White, in his studio. A single yellow rose stands as the focal point in a small 6 x 4 inch panel. Poking out of a glass bottle, against a dark background, shades...
Oil, Panel
$5,500
H 14 in W 12 in D 1.75 in
"Flowers in a White Vase" Still Life Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas Board
By Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972
Located in New York, NY
A stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming Still Life scenes. Here we find a white rose and two crimson flowers in a white vase set on top of a wooden glossy tab...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Lilies with Seashells, 30x24" oil, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Lilies and Seashell by Lu Haskew Oil 30x24" image size 36x30" framed, gold leaf on wood, as pictured Floral Still life ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009 "Life is good to me. B...
Canvas, Oil
Raku Pot with Grapes, 14x18" oil on board, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Raku Pot with Grapes by Lu Haskew Oil on Canvas 14x18", 20x24" Framed (Linen liner and Gold) ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009 "Life is good to me. Bein...
Canvas, Oil
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H 24.5 in W 20.5 in D 2.75 in
Daisies in a Jug, Early 20th Century Realist Floral Still-Life by Claude Buck
By Claude Buck
Located in Soquel, CA
Daisies in a Jug, Early 20th Century Realist Floral Still-Life by Claude Buck 1929 Excellent oil on canvas still life entitled "Daisies and Jug" by Claude Buck (American, 1890-1974)...
Oil, Canvas
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H 11 in W 10 in D 1.5 in
Early 20th Century Allegorical Landscape -- Blue Nocturnal
By Claude Buck
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous nocturnal allegorical landscape with red-robed man titled "Blue Nocturnal" by Claude Buck (American, 1890-1974), 1917. Signed and dated on verso "Claude Buck 1917." Depth of...
Oil, Plywood
Thoughts -- Women Figurative in Landscape
By Claude Buck
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful women nude in landscape titled "Thoughts" by Claude Buck (American, 1890-1974), likely dating to the 1920s. Signed lower right "Claude Buck." Provenance and sale amounts on...
Masonite, Oil
Portrait of Older Man by Claude Buck
By Claude Buck
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling portrait of older man by Claude Buck (American, 1890-1974), likely dating to the 1920s. Signed lower left corner "C. Buck 35". Artist's ...
Oil, Masonite
Early 20th Century Central Park Bridge Landscape
By Claude Buck
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautifully romantic and diminutive landscape of Central Park Bridge c.1915, by Claude Buck (American, 1890-1974). Signed indistinctly, mid-lower...
Board, Oil