Les Kouba, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Les Kouba

American artist

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1917

Place of Birth: McLeod County, Minnesota, United States

Date of Death: 13-Sep-1998

Profession: painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Les Kouba (born Leslie Carl Kouba February 3, 1917 – September 13, 1998) was an American artist, author, outdoorsman, and businessman.
He specialized in waterfowl paintings but is also known for his early sculpture of Dakota chief Little Crow, which was commissioned by the city of Hutchinson, Minnesota and installed in 1937 at a site overlooking the Crow River.
In 1947, he invented the Art-O-Graph, a projector used to transfer a photo to layout.
In 1982 he helped produce a new statue for this site, as the first had become weather beaten. Kouba is credited as being among the artists in the 1970s who popularized wildlife art.