Bruce Wolfe (born 1941 in
Santa Monica, California
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), is a sculptor, artist, illustrator, and designer, known for producing sculptures of and for many notable figures. The ''
San Francisco Chronicle
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'' 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
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,
Margaret Thatcher
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, former mayor
Ilus W. Davis
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Biography
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of Kansas City, former Secretary of State
George Shultz
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,
Norman Shumway
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, and former Supreme Court Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
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.
Wolfe has resided in Northern California for most of his life. He studied art at the
San Jose State University
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and the
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) was a private college of contemporary art in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1871, SFAI was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mississippi River. Approximately ...
. 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
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.
His work has been exhibited across New York, California, Paris, and at the Smithsonian.
His awards include a
CLIO
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Etymology
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, 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.
Bruce Wolfe – Commemorative Artist, Sculptor & Painter
brucewolfe.com
See also
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* Statue of Barbara Jordan (University of Texas at Austin)
Bruce Wolfe's statue of Barbara Jordan on the University of Texas at Austin
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American artists
1941 births
Living people