Wols, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wols

German painter and photographer

Date of Birth: 27-May-1913

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 01-Sep-1951

Profession: photographer, graphic designer, painter

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Wols was the pseudonym of Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze (27 May 1913, Berlin – 1 September 1951, Paris), 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.