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Wols (1913-1951)

Aliases: Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze; Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze-Battman

Professions: Painter; Illustrator; Photographer

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    Wols (1913-1951)

    Wols (1913-1951)

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    Wols (1913-1951)

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    Wols (Wolfgang Schulz) (1913-1951)

    Wols (Wolfgang Schulz) (1913-1951)

Wols Biography

(b Berlin, 27 May 1913; d Champigny-sur-Marne, nr Paris, 1 Sept 1951). German painter, draughtsman, photographer and illustrator. In 1919, when his father was appointed head of the Saxon State Chancellery, the family moved from Berlin to Dresden. The following year Wols started taking violin lessons, showing a precocious musical talent. Having finished his studies at a grammar school in Dresden in 1931 he was too young to take the Abitur examination and so decided to abandon it. Fritz Busch, the conductor of the Dresden Opera, then offered to get him a post as a first violinist with an orchestra. Instead he worked for a few months in the studio of the photographer Gena Jonas in Dresden while also spending time as a garage mechanic.

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  • Photograph - WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) 1913 Berlin - 1951 Paris Schaufenster. Paris, um 1938. Gelatinesilberabzug vom Originalnegativ von Georg Heusch von 1976. Passepartout. 21,8 x 14,7cm (23,8 x 17,7cm). Jeweils rückseitig gestempelt, Wols, €0 View Details

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    Photograph - WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) 1913 Berlin - 1951 Paris Schaufenster. Paris, um 1938. Gelatinesilberabzug vom Originalnegativ von Georg Heusch von 1976. Passepartout. 21,8 x 14,7cm (23,8 x 17,7cm). Jeweils rückseitig gestempelt

  • Photograph - WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) 1913 Berlin - 1951 Paris Fischstillleben. Anfang 1940er Jahre. Gelatinesilberabzug vom Originalnegativ von Georg Heusch von 1976. Agfa-Papier. Passepartout. 12,6 x 17,6cm Rückseitig gestempelt View Details

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    Photograph - WOLS (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) 1913 Berlin - 1951 Paris Fischstillleben. Anfang 1940er Jahre. Gelatinesilberabzug vom Originalnegativ von Georg Heusch von 1976. Agfa-Papier. Passepartout. 12,6 x 17,6cm Rückseitig gestempelt "print

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