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1890 Bronx, New York - 1974 Santa Barbara, California. Known for: Allegorical figure and hyper-real portrait painting.
A leading member of the avant-garde Symbolism* artists movement in Chicago, Claude Buck moved there from his birth place of New York City in 1919. He was known for his "fantastic, sometimes... Read full biography
A leading member of the avant-garde Symbolism* artists movement in Chicago, Claude Buck moved there from his birth place of New York City in 1919. He was known for his "fantastic, sometimes disturbing images with allegorical and literary themes" (Kennedy 97) drawn from writings of Edgar Allen Poe,... Read full biography
A leading member of the avant-garde Symbolism* artists movement in Chicago, Claude Buck moved there from his birth place of New York City in 1919. He was known for his "fantastic, sometimes disturbing images with allegorical and literary themes" (Kennedy 97) drawn from writings of Edgar Allen Poe, operas by Richard Wagner, classical mythology and "New Testament" writings from the Bible. Some of these early paintings had nude figures rendered in Classical* style to express abstract themes... Read full biography
A leading member of the avant-garde Symbolism* artists movement in Chicago, Claude Buck moved there from his birth place of New York City in 1919. He was known for his "fantastic, sometimes disturbing images with allegorical and literary themes" (Kennedy 97) drawn from writings of Edgar Allen Poe, operas by Richard Wagner, classical mythology and "New Testament" writings from the Bible. Some of these early paintings had nude figures rendered in Classical* style to express abstract themes developed through dream-like landscapes and disregard of relative scale or relatedness between the figures. These paintings had Luminist* elements achieved with light-toned paints worked with transparent glazes. In the 1920s to earn money by gaining public... Read full biography
A leading member of the avant-garde Symbolism* artists movement in Chicago, Claude Buck moved there from his birth place of New York City in 1919. He was known for his "fantastic, sometimes disturbing images with allegorical and literary themes" (Kennedy 97) drawn from writings of Edgar Allen Poe, operas by Richard Wagner, classical mythology and "New Testament" writings from the Bible. Some of these early paintings had nude figures rendered in Classical* style to express abstract themes developed through dream-like landscapes and disregard of relative scale or relatedness between the figures. These paintings had Luminist* elements achieved with light-toned paints worked with transparent glazes. 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... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Classical Realist
- •Photo Realism, Hyperrealism, Super Realism
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Caricatures
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Oriental Influence
- •Orientalism, Orientalist
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
- •Still Life
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
- •Torsos
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Art Association
- •Carmel Art Association
- •Chicago Society of Artists
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •Society of Western Artists (1939-Present)-
Art Teacher
- •Emil Carlsen
- •George De Forest Brush
- •Hermon MacNeill
- •Kenyon Cox
Art School
- •Art Institute of Chicago (School Of), Teacher
- •Chicago Academy/School of Fine Arts, Teacher
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Frank Logan Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
- •Logan Medal of the Arts, Society of Western Art
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Chicago Union League Club
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
- •Knoedler Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Carmel Art Association-
- •Chicago Society of Artists-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Arts Club
- •Society of Independent Artists--
- •Society of Western Artists (1939-Present)
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art