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Feb 03, 1917 McLeod County, Minnesota, United States Died on 13 Sep 1998 (aged 81)
American artist
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About Les Kouba
- 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.
