Ralph Wolfe

Ralph A. Wolfe was born in Western New York in 1933. He entered the fine arts program at the University of Buffalo, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1969. Wolfe then graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, from which he received a Master of Fine Arts Degree with a major in printmaking and sculpture. Remaining in Ann Arbor after graduation, he taught art at the University of Michigan until 1977, when he moved to the Upper Peninsula and established his studio in St. Ignace, Michigan, where he created epoxy plastic figurative sculptures that were purchased across the U.S in the 1980s and 1990s. He received commissions to create five public sculptures which are in Sault Ste. Marie and Grand Maria. Wolfe designed the Governor Chase Osborn Memorial to farmers in Sault St. Marie, as well as the sculpture of Sammy Davis Jr. for the Fisher Theatre in Detroit.

In 1996 he returned to Western New York and created the historical murals of Olcott which are in the Carousel park today.