Born in England on March 16, 1889, Buck 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 Dec. 15, 1961. Exhbitions:Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1921 San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, 1927 Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles, 1928 Laguna Beach Art Association, 1930 Cowle Gallery (Los Angeles), 1950. Collections:Sports Palace, Phoenix, AZ (mural, originally done in LA's Santa Fe Railway ticket office with Edith Hamlin and Ray Strong under Dixon's guidance)Addendum from Hal Baker relative to above Sports Palace, Phoenix mural of the Hughes information:I was recently doing some research for a book on Milford Zornes and read your bio on Buck Weaver. In your bio it says that Buck worked with Edith Hamlin Dixon and Ray Strong on a mural for the Santé Fe Railroad Station in Los Angeles. Buck also worked on a mural for the Santé Fe Railroad Administration office in Chicago. Both murals were done at the same time in Tucson under the supervision of Maynard Dixon. Buck and Milford Zornes took one of the murals to Chicago to install it. The mural that was in the Los Angeles office is now in Tempe Arizona at their Historical Society building. The mural that was in Chicago, was removed when the building was sold and its location is unknown. Milford’s papers at Pomona College in Claremont, California include photos of both murals and an article that Edith sent to Milford talks about both murals. That article is in my possession. At any rate Buck worked on both murals and apparently Milford only worked on the one. Hal Baker