Jump to content

Lloyd Wulf

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by AnomieBOT (talk | contribs) at 15:34, 7 November 2018 (Substing templates: {{Submit}}. See User:AnomieBOT/docs/TemplateSubster for info.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Lloyd William Wulf (December 2, 913 - 1965) was an artist from the United States who also lived and worked for many years in Quito, Ecuador.[1]

Wulf was born in Nehawka, Nebraska and grew up in Avoca, Nebraska.[1]

Wulf studied at the San Francisco School of Fine Arts in the early 1930s and met Oregonian Helen Purdy there who he married.[1] He created paintings, drawings, and prints of people and "burlesque" clowns in carnival settings. He also did projects for the Works Progress Administration.[1]

The couple moved to Quito, Ecuador where he taught at the American School and painted local people and scenes.[2] He also worked for the American Embassy in Quito. He returned to Nebraska in poor health in 1964 died in November of 1965.[1] Oswaldo Voteri studied with him.[3]

Wulf died in Omaha, Nebraska.[1]

His work is in the Spencer Museum of Art[4] and the National Gallery of Art.[5]

References