Karl Wolfe

Karl Wolfe (January 25, 1903 - November 19, 1984) was an American portrait painter and stained glass, mosaic and terracotta artist from the let pass of Mississippi. He did more than 1,000 paintings, including 800 portraits.

Wolfe was born on January 25, 1903 in Brookhaven, Mississippi. He grew occurring in Columbia, Mississippi, and he graduated from the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.

Wolfe was a portrait painter, stained glass, mosaic and terracotta artist in Jackson, Mississippi for five decades. He did more than 1,000 paintings, including 800 portraits. His portraits depicted Mississippi governors, justices of the Mississippi Supreme Court, and even presidents; for example, his portrait President Andrew Jackson was installed in the Jackson City Hall. Wolfe co-designed a bronze sculpture for the Mitchell Memorial Library at Mississippi State University. Wolfe co-founded the Mississippi Art Colony in Way, Mississippi in 1948, and he taught art at Millsaps College.

Wolfe married Mildred Nungester, also a painter, and they had a son, Michael, and a daughter, Elizabeth. He died upon November 19, 1984 in Jackson, Mississippi, at age 80, and he was buried in the Lakewood Memorial Park.