HAROLD "BUCK" WEAVER
Weaver, Harold Buck
(1889-1961). Painter. Born in England on March 16, 1889. Weaver was a jockey in
his native land and made his way to America to become a cowboy. Upon coming to
San Francisco, he studied painting with Maynard Dixon with whom he shared a
lifelong friendship. About 1917 he drifted to Laguna Beach where Edgar Payne
involved him in making carved and gold leaf frames. He later settled in Los
Angeles and, while working as a picture framer, painted southwestern landscapes
in a decorative style. Weaver died in Los Angeles on December 15, 1961.
Exhibited, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1921, San Diego Fine Arts Gallery,
1927 and Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles, 1928.
Works Held: Sports Palace, Phoenix, AZ. (Mural, originally done in LA's Santa Fe
RR ticket office with Edith Hamlin and Ray Stron under Dixon's guidance.)
Sources: California Art and Architecture List, 1932. California State Library,
Sacramento; death notice, 1961.