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1905 Dresden-Trachau, Germany - 1985 Dresden, Germany. Known for: Surrealist collage, sculpture, landscape and still-life painting, drawing, graphics.
Moritz Martin Willy Wolff (born July 5, 1905 in Dresden-Trachau , † July 8, 1985 in Dresden). was a German painter , sculptor and graphic artist . He was a master student of Otto Dix and became known... Read full biography
Moritz Martin Willy Wolff (born July 5, 1905 in Dresden-Trachau , † July 8, 1985 in Dresden). was a German painter , sculptor and graphic artist . He was a master student of Otto Dix and became known around 1960 as a GDR artist with his adaptation of Pop Art. At the age of 15, Willy Wolff began an... Read full biography
Moritz Martin Willy Wolff (born July 5, 1905 in Dresden-Trachau , † July 8, 1985 in Dresden). was a German painter , sculptor and graphic artist . He was a master student of Otto Dix and became known around 1960 as a GDR artist with his adaptation of Pop Art. At the age of 15, Willy Wolff began an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker in Dresden , which lasted until 1924 , in which he was mainly engaged in the manufacture of baroque furniture. When he took part in the woodworkers' strike in 1921,... Read full biography
Moritz Martin Willy Wolff (born July 5, 1905 in Dresden-Trachau , † July 8, 1985 in Dresden). was a German painter , sculptor and graphic artist . He was a master student of Otto Dix and became known around 1960 as a GDR artist with his adaptation of Pop Art. At the age of 15, Willy Wolff began an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker in Dresden , which lasted until 1924 , in which he was mainly engaged in the manufacture of baroque furniture. When he took part in the woodworkers' strike in 1921, he met anarchist groups. In the economic crisis of 1924, he was dismissed. As a wandering bird, Willy Wolff first moved from Berlin to Rostock in 1924, and a few weeks later from Berlin to Hamburg. At the Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule, Dresden, he... Read full biography
Moritz Martin Willy Wolff (born July 5, 1905 in Dresden-Trachau , † July 8, 1985 in Dresden). was a German painter , sculptor and graphic artist . He was a master student of Otto Dix and became known around 1960 as a GDR artist with his adaptation of Pop Art. At the age of 15, Willy Wolff began an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker in Dresden , which lasted until 1924 , in which he was mainly engaged in the manufacture of baroque furniture. When he took part in the woodworkers' strike in 1921, he met anarchist groups. In the economic crisis of 1924, he was dismissed. As a wandering bird, Willy Wolff first moved from Berlin to Rostock in 1924, and a few weeks later from Berlin to Hamburg. At the Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule, Dresden, he attended further training courses from Professor Max Frey from 1925 to 1927 and studied at the Dresden Art Academy from 1927 to 1933 initi... Read full biography
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Moritz Martin Willy Wolff (born July 5, 1905 in Dresden-Trachau , † July 8, 1985 in Dresden)
was a German painter , sculptor and graphic artist . He was a master student of Otto Dix and became known around 1960 as a GDR artist with his adaptation of Pop Art.
At the age of 15, Willy Wolff began an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker in Dresden , which lasted until 1924 , in which he was mainly engaged in the manufacture of baroque furniture. When he took part in the woodworkers' strike in 1921, he met anarchist groups. In the economic crisis of 1924, he was dismissed. As a wandering bird, Willy Wolff first moved from Berlin to Rostock in 1924, and a few weeks later from Berlin to Hamburg.
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