Les Kouba

Leslie Carl Kouba (February 3, 1917 – September 13, 1998) was an American artist, author, outdoorsman, and businessman. He specialized in waterfowl paintings but is plus known for his to the fore 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 further statue for this site, as the first had become weather beaten.

Kouba is recognized as being among the artists in the 1970s who popularized wildlife art.