Born in Detroit, Michigan to a wealthy family, Standish Backus studied
watercolor while an architecture student at Princeton and at the
University of Munich. His formal art training was limited
to a brief period of study with Eliot O'Hara.
In 1935, he
moved to Santa Barbara, California and became active with the
California Water Color Society. During World War II, he was a
combat artist* for the Navy in the Pacific, and in 1955 participated in
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