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Wols: Paintings, Drawings, Aquarelles, Graphic Works, Photographs The fantastical art of short-lived German painter and photographer Wolfgang Schulze (1913-51), known as Wols, draws viewers into a strange, miniature world, one that bridges Surrealism and abstract expressionism. This richly illustrated book offers the first comprehensive retrospective of Wols's career in more than twenty years. It presents two hundred color images of the artist's work--the majority drawn from private collections, and thus rarely seen in public. The paintings presented here make up more than one-third of his entire oeuvre, and they're accompanied by drawings and aquarelles, which taken together show the artist's evolution. We see him drawing...

Thematically, the fantastical art of Wolfgang Schulze (known as Wols) creates a miniature world bridging Surrealism, Art Informel and Tachism (these last two are known in America as Abstract Expressionism), which dominated European art in the 1950s. This volume rediscovers the wide spectrum of this very versatile artist s work and its significance for late 20th century painting. It is the first comprehensive Wols retrospective in over 20 years and includes previously unknown works from private collections.