Wols

Painting, Visual Artist

1913 – 1951

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Who was Wols?

Wols was the pseudonym of Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, a German painter and photographer predominantly active in France. Though broadly unrecognized in his lifetime, he is considered a pioneer of Lyrical Abstraction, one of the most influential artists of the Tachisme movement. He is the author of a book on art theory entitled Aphorismes de Wols.

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Born
May 27, 1913
Berlin
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Died
Sep 1, 1951

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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