Background
Moore, Bruce was born on August 5, 1905 in Bern, Kansas, United States. Son of Elmer Bowdle and Edna Browning (Wooten) Moore.
Moore, Bruce was born on August 5, 1905 in Bern, Kansas, United States. Son of Elmer Bowdle and Edna Browning (Wooten) Moore.
Student Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1921-1925. Visiting sculptor American Academy in Rome, 1937-1939.
Works in plaster, stone, bronze, clay, terra cotta. Portrait busts, figures, animals, medals, drawing. Guggenheim fellow, 1929-1931.
Teacher modeling, history of sculpture U. Wichita, 1927-1928.
Teacher cast drawing New York School Applied Design for Women, 1941-1942. Director Rinehart School Sculpture, Maryland.
Institute, Baltimore, 1942-1943. Work represented in public, private collections.
Works include sculpture for National Memorial of Pacific, Honolulu, 2 heroic tigers Princeton, 1970, Hooker Memorial Doors, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, 1965, King Doors, 1970, Fountain Group for Wichita Art Association, heroic statue General Billy Mitchell, District of Columbia Space Museum.
Designer Samuel F.B. Morse medal National Academy of Design.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Numismatic Society (awarded J. Saltus Medal, 1952). Member National Academy of Design, National Institute Arts and Letters, National Sculpture Society, Wichita Artists Guild, Wichita Art Association.
Married Alice Hügli, April.