Born in Louisville, Kentucky to parents Frank and Rose Herman Polk,
Frank Polk was a self-taught wood carver who became known as the
"cowboy whittler" for his carving of rodeo and cowboy scenes in
basswood. In the mid 1960s, he began sculpting in wax and then
bronzing his pieces. Of his work, he said: "I am overly
precise on authenticity and action, having experienced most of my
themes, or at least seen them firsthand. (Samuels 412)
With
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