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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
Robert Schrope (Daddy-O) Wade - Artist Info
About Robert Schrope (Daddy-O) Wade: Keywords
Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Large Scale, Monumental Artwork
- •Photography as Fine Art
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
Art Association
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Awards/Recognition
- •National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Public Art: Mural, Sculptures, Painting, Architecture in Public Places
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Buffalo Bill Art Show