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Wolo (24 July 1902 - 8 May 1989) was an American caricature artist, muralist, children's book author, and puppeteer. Born Baron Wolff Erhardt Anton George Trutzschler von Falkenstein in Germany, he called himself Wolo, a nickname from his sister who as a child had difficulty saying his given name

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Biography
Born 1902?

Put into the Royal Military Academy in 1914. Went to Swiss Agricultural College and graduated as an agricultural engineer.

Came to US in 1922. Went to Univ. of Wisconsin and then onto a model farm in Benoit, WI. Moved to Chicago. Worked as grocery clerk, private secretary, switchboard operator, stock boy at Marshall-Fields.

Worked in LA on farms and restaurants

Came to SF in 1931. Worked for Chronicle drawing caricatures for the paper. "I Saw You" sketches. Sketched people on the street without them being aware. The Chronicle offered $1 to a person who claimed to be the subject after Wolo identified them.

Citizen in 1937. Officially changed name to Wolff Trutscher.

Wrote and illustrated children's books in the 40's.

Married in 1953

Hippo mural...

Staged puppet shows in the 60's in Golden Gate Park. KPIX TV show?

Died 1989. Had earlier stroke and heart problems.

Publications