Bruce Wolfe
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bruce Wolfe (born March 29, 1941 in Santa Monica, California[citation needed]), is a sculptor, artist, illustrator, and designer, known for producing sculptures of and for many notable figures. The San Francisco Chronicle described him as "the top sculptor for hire in the Bay Area, and maybe the nation".[1] Within his forty-year career he created sculptures and busts of Barbara Jordan, Margaret Thatcher, former mayor Ilus W. Davis of Kansas City, former Secretary of State George Shultz, Norman Shumway, and former Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist.[2][3]
Bruce has resided in Northern California for most of his life. He studied art at the San Jose State University and the San Francisco Art Institute. He has taught painting and sculpture, at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, and the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland California.
He is also credited with creating a theatrical poster for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.[citation needed]
His work has been exhibited across New York, California, Paris, and at the Smithsonian. His awards include a CLIO, Endowment of Arts Federal Achievement Award, First Place at the Art of the Portrait Conference 2001, a Joseph Henniger Award, Zellerbach and Foster & Kleiser Awards.[4]
References
- ↑ Sam Whiting (June 8, 2003) "Heads Above the Rest - Bruce Wolfe on the method and madness of sculpture", San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
- ↑ Bruce Wolfe Biography Shuptrine Fine Art Group
- ↑ Projects | Rice Centennial Celebration Rice University
- ↑ Bruce Wolfe – Commemorative Artist, Sculptor & Painter brucewolfe.com
