Caricature of the playwright George Bernard Shaw by the artist Wolo, 1933

Title: Caricature of the playwright George Bernard Shaw by the artist Wolo, 1933
Artist: Wolo, 1902-1989
Date Created: 1933
Date: 1933
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: The artist Wolo, was born in Berlin, Germany on July 24, 1902 of noble birth, Baron Wolf Erhardt Anton George Trutzschiler von Falkenstein. He came to the U.S. in 1922 as an exchange student at the University of Wisconsin. In 1927 he moved to Los Angeles and, as a self-taught artist, established a studio on Olvera Street. In 1932, he assisted respected Mexican artist David Siqueiros (1896-1974) with the Olvera Street controversial mural America Tropical. Wolo was also a puppeteer and the author of five childrens books.
Caption: Signed: Wolo 33
Text from negative sleeve: 4784/ Wolo, cartoons [stamped:] Apr 14 1936

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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