Beniamino "Bene" Bufano (October 15, 1890 – August 18, 1970) was an Italian American sculptor, best known for his large-scale monuments representing peace and his modernist …

Aug 10, 2017 · Beniamino Bufano posed atop one of his bear sculptures in 1956. Beniamino Bufano was born near the heel of Italy, in 1889, or was it 1898? Both have been listed as “one …

Beniamino “Benny” Bufano was born in San Fele, a small rural town in the Italian region of Basilicata, toward the end of the 19th century. One of fifteen children, he migrated to New …

Apr 18, 2017 · Bufano was born in Italy and raised in New York City, and came to San Francisco in 1913 to work on the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915. He traveled around...

Beniamino Benevenuto Bufano was an Italian-born American Modernist sculptor. Working in a stylized aesthetic characterized by smooth continuous curves and a reductive approach to …

Beniamino Bufano – So Be It in Peace – His Spirit “In truth he [Bufano] belongs neither to the past nor the present. His spirit is of the future, the spirit of a world yet to come, the world of …

A lifelong pacifist, Bufano was deeply inspired by Saint Francis of Assisi—to him, the embodiment of world peace. Today Bufano is best known for his modernist sculptures representing peace …

Aug 29, 2015 · San Francisco’s public spaces are the setting, the open air museum, for Bufano art. Over 30 pieces are placed around the city, free to view at one’s own pace, anytime of day, …

Beniamino Bufano, renowned San Francisco artist, created work out of his dedication to humanity and his belief in rendering truth and integrity in the simplest manner. He strived for simplicity …

Jun 29, 2012 · The statue stands 18 feet tall and weights 12.5 tons. In 1928, while the statue was being exhibited in Paris, where Bufano sculpted it, the late English art Critic Roger Fry wrote …