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
Robert Schrope (Daddy-O) Wade - Artist Info
About Robert Schrope (Daddy-O) Wade: Books
Books & Publications (13)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale1996 (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Buffalo Bill Historical Center
128 pages (color)
Visions and Voices: Native American Painting from the Philboork Museum of Art
1996
Wyckoff, Lydia (Ed)
304 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
New Art of the West 3rd Eiteljorg Invitational (Exhibition catalog)