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Beniamino Bufano

Beniamino Benvenuto Bufano (1898 - 1970) was active/lived in California / Italy.  Beniamino Bufano is known for Sculptor-large scale, genre, portrait.

Bufano, Beniamino (1890-1970) (San Francisco)

“$1000 offered! That’s the start for the Bufano monument atop Morro Rock! It came in two equal parts. Ten more of the same kind of twins and we’ll have enough to start the project. That’s a guestimate on my part. Richard Otto of Baywood Park made the first offer of $500 toward the project and the second was anonymous. Bufano has offered to supervise the basic construction and to do the sculpting of a monumental statue to be placed on the top of Morro Rock without charge for his labors.

This community and any other interested elements would provide for the cost of materials and construction of the core. The world famous sculptor said that such a statue should be no less than fifty feet high and my own opinion is that it should beat least 75. This is an opportunity that we can’t afford to pass, Otto believes, and I am in accord. He also holds that we should not dally; that immediate steps should be taken to raise the necessary   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5864 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Beniamino Bufano

   Publications  Book References:  27
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27 Book References for Beniamino Bufano
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media 560 Yes
1993 Soria, Regina American Artists of Italian Heritage/1776-1945 178 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Albright, Thomas Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History 349 Yes
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 402 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1984 Orr-Cahill, Christina The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum 199 Yes
1983 Contreras, Belasario R Tradition and Innovation in New Deal Art 253 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1976 San Francisco Mus Modern Art Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era 272 Yes
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1973 O'Connor, Francis V (editor) Art for the Millions Essays by...Artists...WPA Federal Art Project 317 No
1972 Wilkening, H/Sonia Brown Bufano An Intimate Biography 232 No
1939 Parker, Thomas (De Young Mus) Frontiers of American Art: Works Progress Administration
(Exhibition catalog)
111 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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