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Buck Nimy

Buck Nimy (1906 - 1959) was active/lived in Arizona, Nevada.  Buck Nimy is known for Western genre drawings, ranch life scenes, advertising art.

Buck (Buckley) Nimy said he grew up in Arizona before running off to the Black Hills of South Dakota to take up life as a cowboy. Various accounts mention that he also spent time in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and western Canada. His days in Nevada began in the mid-1920s when found work on ranches in Pine Valley, Eureka County, and Paradise Valley north of Winnemucca.

Life as a ranch hand and “all-around cowboy” would be a lifelong inspiration for Nimy’s artwork. He may have been influenced by the work of Frederic Remington and Charles Russell, but in terms of style he is most likened to fellow Nevada artist Will James.

Much like the drawings he created, Nimy’s path to becoming an artist in earnest is a story out of the Old West: On April 17, 1935, he was arrested and charged with attempting to rob a shipment of bullion on the Austin-Round Mountain Stage, a bus line in central Nevada. Nimy backed out of the robbery at the last minute, but he apparently confessed t   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4049 characters.]  Artist bio

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