{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-3999","title":"Fritz White(1930-2010) Native American holding Buffalo Bronze","description":"Fritz White(1930-2010) Native American holding Buffalo Bronze. 17\"h, 8\"w,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;6.75\"d, 10.5 lbs signed in cast Fritz White (American, 1930-2010), numbered 22\/\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;225, C\/A Cowboy Artists of America stamp.Fritz White was best known throughout\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the world for his distinctive style of bronze sculpture, and for being a key\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;player in turning Loveland into the well-known sculpture community it is\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;today.He was born January 14, 1930 in Milford, Ohio to Denver and Geneva\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;(Hatfield) White. By the time he was 12, his father had enrolled him in an adult\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;art class in a college in Cincinnati. “The war was going on and those small\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;colleges needed all the students they could get, so they agreed to take me. I\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;got a lot of special attention from the teachers. It was great,” he\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;recalled.After graduating from Terrace Park High School in Cincinnati in 1948,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Fritz played semi-pro football. Carrying those lessons forward, he later coached\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;junior high football and was fondly known as Coach Whitey.Fritz proudly served\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;in the U.S. Marine Corp. from 1948 to 1953 as Sergeant of a rifle platoon and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;later as a Gunny. Following his service, Fritz launched Fancy Lettering, a\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;design studio for sales publications, and subsequently took a position with\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;National Underwriter Company. On a whim in 1961, he loaded up his car with large\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;chunks of marble from Marble, Colorado and thus began his long career in\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;sculpture. Thanks to the support of his dear friend John J. McGraw, Fritz was\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;soon working in clay and bronze.A decade later, in the spring of 1972, Fritz was\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;elected to the prestigious Cowboy Artists of America and became widely accepted\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;as one of the finest sculptors of this century. In addition to winning several\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;CAA awards for excellence (including the only sculptor to win the Colt Award),\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;he served as board member, vice president and president. He was also a Fellow of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the National Sculpture Society.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673247432920,"sku":"6356766517_C1A7","price":1870.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/fritz-white1930-2010-native-american-holding-buffalo-bronzeestate-fresh-austin-383359.png?v=1757946823","url":"https:\/\/estatefreshaustin.com\/products\/estatefreshaustincom-3999","provider":"Estate Fresh Austin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}