African American Artists in Chicago Oral History Project Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Margaret Taylor Burroughs, 1988 November 11-December 5. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
African American Artists in Chicago Oral History Project Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with William Carter, 1988 Oct. 27- Nov. 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Merlin F. Pollock, 1979 July 30 and 1980 July 30. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, American -- Illinois -- Chicago Search this
Arts administrators -- Illinois -- Interviews Search this
Muralists -- United States -- Interviews Search this
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Nathan Oliveira, 1978 Aug. 9-1981 Dec. 29. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Harold Haydon, 1988 Oct. 10. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Richard A. Florsheim, 1971-1976. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Archibald Motley, 1978 Jan. 23-1979 Mar. 1. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ed Paschke, 1978 July 21-Nov. 10. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with William Dawson, 1990 April 11-23. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
African American Artists in Chicago Oral History Project Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Fitzhugh Dinkins, 1989 February 10-July 12. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Richard A. Florsheim, 1968 Aug. 31. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with William Walker, 1991 June 12-14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Illinois -- Chicago Search this
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with James Lechay, 1998 July 9-Aug. 26. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Painters -- Massachusetts -- Wellfleet -- Interviews Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Aaron Bohrod, 1984 Aug. 23. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Richard Gray, 2007 Dec. 9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Kerry James Marshall, 2008 August 8. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Sculptors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews Search this
Theme:
Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource Search this
Interview of James Lechay, conducted by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution at Lechay's home in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, on July 9-Aug. 26, 1998.
Lechay speaks of his early childhood in the Bronx, N.Y.; copying paintings at the Metropolitan Museum under the tutelage of his elder brother Myron; discontinuing his study of psychology at the University of Illinois in 1929 to return to NYC to paint; taking odd jobs to counter his extreme poverty in the early 1930s; his first exhibition at Another Place (1936), a gallery run by De Hirsh Margules; praise from David Siqueiros, the Mexican muralist; his first trip to Provincetown (1930); exhibiting several times at the Whitney Museum (and others) but not at MoMA; touring NYC galleries on Fridays; meeting Marsden Hartley and Alfred Stieglitz; his friendship with Arshile Gorky; serving as a juror for the 1940s Momentum exhibition with Jackson Pollock and Max Weber; teaching at the University of Iowa in 1945, succeeding Philip Guston; his luck in having, since 1935, a New York dealer; his work as self-referential; being repelled by art fashions and not compromising his work in order to sell; the appearance of simplicity in his work. Lechay also recalls Raphael and Moses Soyer, Abraham Walkowitz, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
James Lechay (1907-2001) was a painter from Wellfleet, Mass.
General:
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 17 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Restrictions:
This transcript is open for research. Access to the entire audio recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Topic:
Painters -- Massachusetts -- Wellfleet -- Interviews Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Sponsor:
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Jane Freeman Gallery (La Mesa, Calif.) Search this
Extent:
3.3 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Scrapbooks
Sketchbooks
Date:
circa 1890-1983
Summary:
The Claude Buck papers measure 3.3 linear feet and date from circa 1890-1983. They detail Buck's time as a painter in New York and California. The papers include biographical material, correspondence, writings, personal business records, printed material and scrapbooks, and photographic material and artwork.
Scope and Contents:
The Claude Buck papers measure 3.3 linear feet and date from 1890-1983. Biographical material includes resumes, interview materials, and documents related to Buck's family. Correspondence includes family letters, correspondence regarding business with various organizations including the United States Treasury and Emil Carlsen, and correspondence with other notable figures in Buck's career. Writings include manuscripts, notes, and transcribed dictations by Buck. Personal business records consist of documents related to Buck's portrait commissions and artwork donations and sales, as well as that regarding the Boston Better Business Bureau's investigation into the Harold F. Gilbert Company. Printed material consists of exhibition announcements and catalogs, material pertaining to Estrid Buck's career as a pianist and singer, and news clippings. Scrapbooks, one of which is in braille, include news clippings and personal photographs of Buck and his family. Photographic material includes pictures of Buck's artwork and personal life. Artwork includes sketches, sketchbooks, and an oil painting.
Arrangement:
This collection consists of eight series.
Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1926-1983 (.2 Linear feet: Box 1)
Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1907-1982 (.8 Linear feet: Box 1)
Series 3: Writings, circa 1920-1972 (.2 Linear feet: Box 2)
Series 4: Personal Business Records, circa 1919-1972 (.2 Linear feet: Box 2)
Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1912-1972 (.4 Linear feet: Boxes 2 and 5)
Series 6: Scrapbooks, circa 1908-1972 (.9 Linear feet: Boxes 2, 4, 5, and 6)
Series 7: Photographic Material, circa 1890-1979 (.2 Linear feet: Box 2)
Series 8: Artwork, circa 1920-1972 (.4 Linear feet: Box 3)
Biographical / Historical:
Claude Buck (1890-1974) was a painter who worked primarily in Chicago and Santa Cruz. He is associated with the symbolist and luministic styles and was born Charles Claude Buck in New York City. At age four Claude began to develop his interest in art after his father, a commercial artist, introduced him to drawing. Buck entered the National Academy of Design at age fourteen taking classes with Emil Carlsen, Frances Jones, and George DeForest Brush. He studied there until he was twenty-two years old, receiving eight prizes in that time.
In 1919 Buck moved to Chicago where he taught at the School of Art Institute and became a leading member of the avant-garde symbolist artists' group known as the Introspectives which he helped to found. Influenced by Edgar Allen Poe and William Blake, Buck often depicted allegorical and literary themes in his artwork. To support himself and his family Buck completed commissions for hyper-realistic portraits. In 1918 Buck married Estrid Terkelsen, a concert singer and pianist, with whom he had twins Robert Byron Buck and Juel Buck Krisvoy-Schiller. In 1930 Buck took on young art student Leslie Binner who he married in 1934 after divorcing Estrid, his wife of 16 years.
In 1949, Claude and Leslie moved to the Santa Cruz Mountains before settling in Santa Barbara in 1959 to be closer to Buck's children and to improve his health. While in Santa Barbara he was a member of the Carmel Art Association and served as president of the Santa Cruz Art League in 1953.
Buck was a member of the Santa Barbara Art Association, and his artwork can be found in the collections of the Santa Cruz Public Library, the Santa Cruz City Museum, the Spencer Museum in Lawrence, Kansas, the Brigham Young University Museum, and the Museum of Elgin in Illinois where he also had a studio in Midlothian. Buck died in Santa Barbara on August 4, 1974.
Related Materials:
The Archives of American Art also hold a manuscript titled "The artist Claude Buck: a biography of two loves...his love for art...his love for Estrid compiled and written by their daughter, Juel, Juel B. K. Schiller" donated by Juel Krisvoy in 1989 to the National Museum of American Art who transferred it to the Archives of American Art.
Provenance:
The Claude Buck papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Leslie Buck, Claude's widow, in 1982, Juel Buck Krisvoy-Schiller, Claude's daughter, in 1983, and by Diana V. Link, Claude's niece, in 1982 and 1992. Five works of art were transferred to the National Museum of American Art, including a self-portrait.
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Claude Buck papers, circa 1890-1983 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
