Wols | |
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Born | Berlin, German Empire | 27 May 1913
Died | 1 September 1951 Paris, France | (aged 38)
Known for | Painting, photography, installation |
Notable work | It's All Over The City (1947), Aile de papillon (1947), Composition jaune (1947), Auberginenfarbene Komposition (1947), La Turquoise (1949) |
Movement | Tachisme, 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.