Lloyd Wulf

Lloyd William Wulf (September 2, 1913 – November 17, 1965)^[1] was an American artist from Nebraska who lived and worked in Quito, Ecuador for many years.^[2]

Life before Ecuador

Wulf was born in Nehawka, Nebraska and grew up in Avoca, Nebraska.^[2]

Wulf studied at the San Francisco School of Fine Arts early in the 1930s and met Oregonian Helen Purdy there whom he married.^[2] He created paintings, drawings, and prints of people and "burlesque" clowns in carnival settings. He also did projects for the Works Progress Administration.^[2]

Ecuador

The couple moved to Quito, Ecuador where he taught at the American School and drew local people and scenes.^[3] In Quito, he was an employee of the American Embassy. He returned to Nebraska in poor health in 1964 died in November 1965.^[2] Oswaldo Viteri studied with him.^[4]

Death and legacy

Wulf died in a hospital in Omaha, aged 52.^[2][1]

His work is in the Spencer Museum of Art^[5] and the National Gallery of Art.^[6]