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1943 Austin, Texas - 2019 Austin, Texas. Known for: Large scale whimsical reptile sculpture.
Bob Wade, Sculptor of the Outlandishly Large, Dies at 76: Known as Daddy-O, he created roadside, streetside and top-of-the-roof attractions in Texas and elsewhere." Online obituary, The New York... Read full biography
Bob Wade, Sculptor of the Outlandishly Large, Dies at 76: Known as Daddy-O, he created roadside, streetside and top-of-the-roof attractions in Texas and elsewhere." Online obituary, The New York Times, By Richard Sandomir, Jan. 7, 2020. Bob Wade, a Texas artist whose 40-foot-long iguana sculpture... Read full biography
Bob Wade, Sculptor of the Outlandishly Large, Dies at 76: Known as Daddy-O, he created roadside, streetside and top-of-the-roof attractions in Texas and elsewhere." Online obituary, The New York Times, By Richard Sandomir, Jan. 7, 2020. Bob Wade, a Texas artist whose 40-foot-long iguana sculpture once perched atop the Lone Star Cafe in Manhattan and whose 63-foot-high saxophone lured patrons to a blues nightclub in Houston, died on Dec. 24 at his home in Austin. He was 76. His wife, Lisa Wade,... Read full biography
Bob Wade, Sculptor of the Outlandishly Large, Dies at 76: Known as Daddy-O, he created roadside, streetside and top-of-the-roof attractions in Texas and elsewhere." Online obituary, The New York Times, By Richard Sandomir, Jan. 7, 2020. Bob Wade, a Texas artist whose 40-foot-long iguana sculpture once perched atop the Lone Star Cafe in Manhattan and whose 63-foot-high saxophone lured patrons to a blues nightclub in Houston, died on Dec. 24 at his home in Austin. He was 76. His wife, Lisa Wade, said the cause was cardiac arrest. For more than 40 years, Mr. Wade — who was known by the nickname Daddy-O — built whimsical, outsize public art that nodded to Texas’s culture of bigness, gaining renown for his uninhibited style but also drawing... Read full biography
Bob Wade, Sculptor of the Outlandishly Large, Dies at 76: Known as Daddy-O, he created roadside, streetside and top-of-the-roof attractions in Texas and elsewhere." Online obituary, The New York Times, By Richard Sandomir, Jan. 7, 2020. Bob Wade, a Texas artist whose 40-foot-long iguana sculpture once perched atop the Lone Star Cafe in Manhattan and whose 63-foot-high saxophone lured patrons to a blues nightclub in Houston, died on Dec. 24 at his home in Austin. He was 76. His wife, Lisa Wade, said the cause was cardiac arrest. For more than 40 years, Mr. Wade — who was known by the nickname Daddy-O — built whimsical, outsize public art that nodded to Texas’s culture of bigness, gaining renown for his uninhibited style but also drawing attention as a serious artist in some circles. Like most of his creations, his igu... Read full biography
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Daddy-O, Bob Schrope Wade
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Bob Wade, Sculptor of the Outlandishly Large, Dies at 76: Known as Daddy-O, he created roadside, streetside and top-of-the-roof attractions in Texas and elsewhere." Online obituary, The New York Times, By Richard Sandomir, Jan. 7, 2020
Bob Wade, a Texas artist whose 40-foot-long iguana sculpture once perched atop the Lone Star Cafe in Manhattan and whose 63-foot-high saxophone lured patrons to a blues nightclub in Houston, died on Dec. 24 at his home in Austin. He was 76.
His wife, Lisa Wade, said the cause was cardiac arrest.
For more than 40 years, Mr. Wade — who was known by the nickname Daddy-O — built whimsical, outsize public art that nodded to Texas’s culture of bignes...But wait, there's more...
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