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'''Bruce Wolfe''' (born 1941 in ]),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://moody.rice.edu/art/bruce-wolfe|title=Bruce Wolfe|date=2017-05-25|work=Moody Center for The Arts|access-date=2018-06-14|language=en}}</ref> is a sculptor, artist, illustrator, and designer, known for producing sculptures of and for many notable figures. The '']'' described him as "the top sculptor for hire in the Bay Area, and maybe the nation".<ref>Sam Whiting (June 8, 2003) , ''San Francisco Chronicle''. Retrieved 2013-09-25.</ref> Within his forty-year career he created sculptures and busts of ], ], former mayor ] of Kansas City, former Secretary of State ], ], and former Supreme Court Chief Justice ].<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905124121/http://www.goldleafdesigns.com/brucewolfe/brucewolfebio.html |date=2008-09-05 }} Shuptrine Fine Art Group</ref><ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217072243/http://centennial.rice.edu/about/projects/ |date=December 17, 2010 }} Rice University</ref> '''Bruce Wolfe''' (1941 - 2023) in ]),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://moody.rice.edu/art/bruce-wolfe|title=Bruce Wolfe|date=2017-05-25|work=Moody Center for The Arts|access-date=2018-06-14|language=en}}</ref> was a sculptor, artist, illustrator, and designer, known for producing sculptures of and for many notable figures. The '']'' described him as "the top sculptor for hire in the Bay Area, and maybe the nation".<ref>Sam Whiting (June 8, 2003) , ''San Francisco Chronicle''. Retrieved 2013-09-25.</ref> Within his forty-year career he created sculptures and busts of ], ], former mayor ] of Kansas City, former Secretary of State ], ], and former Supreme Court Chief Justice ].<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905124121/http://www.goldleafdesigns.com/brucewolfe/brucewolfebio.html |date=2008-09-05 }} Shuptrine Fine Art Group</ref><ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217072243/http://centennial.rice.edu/about/projects/ |date=December 17, 2010 }} Rice University</ref>


Wolfe has resided in Northern California for most of his life. He studied art at the ] and the ]. He has taught painting and sculpture, at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, and the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland California. Wolfe resided in Northern California for most of his life. He studied art at the ] and the ]. He 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 ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2015/08/05/piedmont-wolfe-has-creates-artistic-whos-who-of-notables/|title=Piedmont: Wolfe has creates artistic Who’s Who of notables|date=2015-08-05|work=East Bay Times|access-date=2018-06-14|language=en-US}}</ref> He was also credited with creating a theatrical poster for ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2015/08/05/piedmont-wolfe-has-creates-artistic-whos-who-of-notables/|title=Piedmont: Wolfe has creates artistic Who’s Who of notables|date=2015-08-05|work=East Bay Times|access-date=2018-06-14|language=en-US}}</ref>


His work has been exhibited across New York, California, Paris, and at the Smithsonian. His work has been exhibited across New York, California, Paris, and at the Smithsonian.

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For the American broadcast journalist, see Bruce Wolf.

Bruce Wolfe (1941 - 2023) in Santa Monica, California), was 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". 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.

Wolfe 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 taught painting and sculpture, at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, and the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland California.

He was also credited with creating a theatrical poster for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

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.

See also

References

  1. "Bruce Wolfe". Moody Center for The Arts. 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  2. 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.
  3. Bruce Wolfe Biography Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine Shuptrine Fine Art Group
  4. Projects | Rice Centennial Celebration Archived December 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Rice University
  5. "Piedmont: Wolfe has creates artistic Who's Who of notables". East Bay Times. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  6. Bruce Wolfe – Commemorative Artist, Sculptor & Painter Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine brucewolfe.com
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