Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze (Wols) (1913 - 1951) Germany
Mixed Media on Paper
Measure 24"in H x 19 1/2"in W and 32"in H x 27"in W with frame

Known for: Abstract painting, portrait photography, graphic arts
Biography: Wols was born as Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze in Berlin in 1913 and is today considered one of the more important modern artists. He moved to Dresden with his family in 1919, where he discovered his lively interest in painting in 1927. He was impressed above all by Paul Klee, Otto Dix and George Grosz. The artist began an apprenticeship as a photographer in 1930 and attended classes at the Reiman-Schule, the Berlin school of applied arts. Moholy-Nagy advised Wols, who had applied at the Bauhaus*, to go to Paris. Here he painted and worked as a portrait photographer and a German teacher. He was given his first large commission as a photographer in 1937 at the Paris World Exhibition. After his return to Paris he had his first exhibition of watercolors in 1945 at the Galerie Drouin, which was not very successful, however. A second exhibition in the same gallery two years later, on the other hand, was a sensational success. His encounter with Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir awakened a lively interest in Existentialist philosophy, which is also reflected in Wols' artistic work. The different aspects in his work seem to continually inspire one another. Wols occupied himself not only with painting and graphic art but also with photography. His musical and literary talents are also reflected in his art. His painted work contains figurative elements as well as free improvisations and abstract elements. Spontaneity and immediateness determine the creative work of Wols, who never underwent any formal artistic training. Randomness plays an important role in his unstructured compositions. In later years Wols was particularly interested in the combination of powerful brushstrokes with a relief-like painted surface structure. After his death in 1951, works by Wols were shown at the Kassel documenta II - III between 1955 and 1964.

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