BENNY BUFANO
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"Benny Bufano"                                                Photographed by g. Paul Bishop, '54
 No. 2                                                                            ©2019 G. Paul Bishop, Jr.

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Beniamino Benvenuto Bufano
(Beniamino "Benny" Bevenuto Bufano)
1898 - 1970

Italian-American Sculptor


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I have always felt that a portrait should be an accurate biography of a person. I had not met Benny Bufano before photographing him, but I had admired him and his work from a distance. He was just over five feet tall, but as you can see he was a very muscular man. He took pride in that. Most of his statues were enormous things, as tall as the roof of our building. I always thought that was some sort of compensation for his small stature. He was a very opinionated man, not at all wishy-washy. But he also has a sense of humor. I think you feel these things about him when you look at his portrait.

- g. Paul Bishop


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