Wols

Wols
Wols, 1940, self-portraits
Born(1913-05-27)27 May 1913
Berlin, German Empire
Died1 September 1951(1951-09-01) (aged 38)
Paris, France
Known forPainting, photography, installation
Notable workIt's All Over The City (1947), Aile de papillon (1947), Composition jaune (1947), Auberginenfarbene Komposition (1947), La Turquoise (1949)
MovementTachisme, lyrical abstraction

Wols was the pseudonym of Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze (27 May 1913 – 1 September 1951), a German painter and photographer[1] 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.[2] He is the author of a book on art theory entitled Aphorismes de Wols.

  1. ^ "Agence photographique, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Wols". Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. ^ Chilvers, Ian & Glaves-Smith, John eds., Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. pp. 759–760