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Beniamino Bufano – So Be It in Peace – Interesting Facts

Drawing of Bufano's sculpture representing an elephant. Animal in white background in light green.
In 1921 Bufano taught briefly at the SF Art Institute, where Sargent Johnson, the brilliant African American sculptor, spent a year as his pupil
Drawing of Bufano's sculpture representing a Cat. Animal in white background in green.
In 1938 Bufano fashioned sculptures of a seal and a toad for San Francisco’s WPA-constructed Aquatic Park Bathhouse
Drawing of Bufano's sculpture representing a Ram. Animal in white background in blue-gray
In 1938-39, employed by the Federal Art Project, Bufano sculpted Peace, a 38-foot-tall projectile that for years greeted visitors to the SF Intl. Airport
Drawing of Bufano's sculpture representing an Owl. Animal in white background in dark gray-purple.
Bufano taught at the UC Berkeley (1960) and the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland (1964-65)
Drawing of Bufano's sculpture representing a Porcupine. Animal in white background in light blue.
A lot of Bufano’s works sponsored the Federal Art Project included many of the rounded and abstract animal sculptures for which he is well known
Drawing of Bufano's sculpture representing a Penguin. Animal in white background in blue.
In his last years, Bufano lived free of charge at the SF Press Club. In return, he made a cat sculpture for the Club that remains today as its mascot
Drawing of Bufano's sculpture representing a Cat. Animal in white background in dark pink.
Bufano created the sculpture St.Francis of the Guns from 2000 handguns obtained during SF Mayor Joseph Alioto’s gun turn-in program in 1968, by mixing the gun metal with bronze
Drawing of Bufano's sculpture representing an elephant. Animal in white background in dark pink.
Bufano believed that public art should be created for the benefit of all people. Its function was to create a universal culture that will guide the destiny of the world to a better way of living
Drawing of Bufano's sculpture representing an owl. Animal in white background in pink light.
During his career, Bufano produced many versions of “Hand of Peace”. He often decorated the palms of his sculpted hands, recalling the Buddhist art he had seen in Asia

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