Anthony Buchta was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on June 13, 1896. Both of parents were immigrants from Bohemia (Czechoslovakia.) He was also an artist, who became well known as part of the Brown County (Indiana) Art Guild. I am lucky enough to have inherited many of this paintings from my grandmother who was his cousin.
Anthony (Tony) Buchta was also a "hunchback." His draft card only list a "deformity" as excluding him from active service. He also designed airplanes during WWII. My father remembers walking with him on a visit to Chicago. My father was just a boy and to him Tony seemed "his size" because he was unable to stand tall. He remembers him as kindly and patient to a young boy's inquiries.
His parents were John and Antonia (Antoinette) Buchta. I think. Although I'm not certain of the names of his parents. I do know that he had an older brother named Joseph (b.1890), who also an artist, and married to Pauline. They had a child named John. Anthony lived with them in Chicago according to 1930 census. Tony never married.
Many years later, beautiful landscape and watercolor painting and etchings became part of my grandmother's home. I used to imagine that I was part of the intricate details of the scene.
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