John E. Buck

The Archer, patinated bronze sculpture by John E. Buck, 1991, extended loan to the Honolulu Museum of Art from the Twigg-Smith Foundation
Father and Son, color woodblock print on paper by John E. Buck, 1981, Smithsonian American Art Museum

John Buck (born 1946) is an American sculptor and printmaker who was born in Ames, Iowa.

Background and education

He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kansas City Art Institute in 1968, and in 1971, he studied at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine. In 1972, he received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, Davis.

Works

Buck is best known for his woodblock prints (such as Father and Son) and bronze sculptures (such as The Archer) that are typically cast from molds taken from wooden maquettes. The DeCordova Museum (Lincoln, Massachusetts), the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington D.C.) and the Yellowstone Art Museum (Montana) are among the public collections holding works by John Buck.[1][2]

Personal

While studying at Davis, Buck met his wife, artist Deborah Butterfield. They married in 1974. Buck and Butterfield divide their time between a farm in Bozeman, Montana and studios on the island of Hawaii.[2]

References

  • Albright, Thomas, Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980, Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1985.
  • DuPont, Diana C., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1985.
  • Guenther, Bruce, Documents Northwest: The Poncho Series, John Buck, Seattle Art Museum, 1984.
  • Guheen, Elizabeth, John Buck, Yellowstone Art Center, 1983.
  • Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House Self-guided Tour, Sculpture Garden, 2014, pp. 4 & 8

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "John Buck and Deborah Butterfield" (PDF). Montana Arts Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Butterfield's horses ride into MAC opening". East Valley Tribune. September 14, 2005. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
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