Byron Wolfe Explained

Byron B. Wolfe
Birth Date:1904
Birth Place:Parsons, Kansas, U.S.
Death Date:1973
Education:University of Kansas
Occupation:Illustrator, painter

Byron Wolfe (1904-1973) was an American illustrator and painter of the American West. His work can be seen at the Kansas State University and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home.

Life

Wolfe was born in 1904 in Parsons, Kansas.[1] He graduated from the University of Kansas.[1]

Wolfe began his career as an illustrator. He later became a painter of the American West, and he joined the Cowboy Artists of America in 1966.[1] With David Hicks Overmyer, Wolfe painted four murals in the library of Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas in 1934.[2] Wolfe gave his painting called Holdin' Herd, Abilene Town, 1968 to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home in Abilene, Kansas.[3]

Wolfe died in 1973.[1] His son, Wayne Wolfe, became a painter in his own right.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Byron Wolfe . Cowboy Artists of America . February 9, 2019.
  2. News: Offers Art Education. Farrell Sees More More Emphasis In Liberal Side With New Murals . February 14, 2019 . The Manhattan Republic . Manhattan, Kansas . November 1, 1934. 2. Newspapers.com. registration .
  3. News: Open western art display during Abilene conference . February 14, 2019 . The Salina Journal . Salina, Kansas . October 20, 1970. 7. Newspapers.com. registration .
  4. Book: A New Mexico tradition, Southwestern realism: William Acheff, James Asher, Glenna Goodacre, Roy Grinnell, Allan Houser, Wilson Hurley, Harvey W. Johnson, James Kramer, Dave McGary, Gary Morton, William Moyers, Gary Niblett, Morris Rippel, Gordon Snidow, Bettina Steinke, Paul Strisik, Wayne Wolfe . 1990 . Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico . Santa Fe, New Mexico . 59. 23173384.