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Robert Schrope (Daddy-O) Wade

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Robert Schrope (Daddy-O) Wade (1943 - 2019) was active/lived in Texas.  Robert Wade is 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 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 iguana, which he christened Iggy, could not be ignored.
Inspired by a stuffed iguana a friend had br   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8224 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Robert Schrope (Daddy-O) Wade

   Publications  Book References:  13
Magazine References:  5

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5 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Robert Schrope (Daddy-O) Wade
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art-Talk Wild, Wild Wade October 2003 Jarvis, John Yes
ARTnews Tremendous Momentum May 2003 Kutner, Janet Yes
Southwest Art Art Events, Texas March 2003 Editors, Art Events Yes
Southwest Art Bob "Daddy-O" Wade February 1996 Eauclaire, Sally Yes
Southwest Art Bottom Line October 1995 Brown, Margaret L Yes
13 Book References for Robert Schrope (Daddy-O) Wade
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
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1996 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale1996
(Exhibition catalog)		 128 Yes
1996 Wyckoff, Lydia (Ed) Visions and Voices: Native American Painting from the Philboork Museum of Art 304 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1992 Eiteljorg Museum New Art of the West 3rd Eiteljorg Invitational
(Exhibition catalog)		 58 Yes
1989 Naylor, Colin (editor) Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition) 1059 No
1986 Carlozzi, Annette (Author); Gay Block, (Portraits) 50 Texas Artists: A Critical Selection 120 Yes
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)		 600 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
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