Leslie Buck

lesley Buck 

1907 - 1991

Leslie Buck "Flower" oil on canvas

Leslie Buck "Flower" 1930s oil

Biography: Leslie Helen Binner (Buck) was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 27, 1907. As a young woman Binner began studying art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During this period, it was not common for women to pursue careers in art but she showed talent at an early age.  While attending The Art Institute of Chicago she met another artist named Claude Buck. He had become recognized early on as an artist and was the youngest artist ever to be accepted to the National Academy of Design. He was known for his surreal images and figurative paintings.

In 1934 Leslie and Claude Buck married and decided to move to California. The Bucks lived in the Santa Cruz mountains from 1943-1959 where they continued to paint and make art. Leslie Buck was best known for her still-lifes and interior scenes but also painted landscape. The Bucks collaborated with other California artist of their time, Eventually they moved to Santa Barbara where Claude and Leslie Buck continued to work and exhibit. A highly skilled painter, Buck's work was quite skilled -- yet she never earned the same notoriety as her husband Claude Buck.


Exhibited:

Sanity in Art Chicago, 1938

Santa Cruz Art League, 1944

Carmel AA, 1946-52

Santa Cruz Co. Fair, 1947, 1950

Oakland Art Gallery, 1947, 1948

WWAA 1940-62. 

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