Joseph Wolf ( German: Joseph Wolf ) - German artist - animalist .
| Joseph Wolf | |
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 Josef Wolff with the Cheglok Falcon, 1890 | |
| Birth name | Joseph Wolf |
| Date of Birth | January 22, 1820 |
| Place of Birth | Mayfeld , Germany |
| Date of death | April 20, 1899 (aged 79) |
| A place of death | London , UK |
| A country | |
| Genre | animal painter |
Biography
The son of a peasant , Wolf, from childhood, carefully watched nature and learned to draw it. At 16, he went to Koblenz to work as an assistant lithographer , then worked in Frankfurt and Darmstadt , accompanying drawings by Edward Ruppel 's book “Birds of North-East Africa” and a number of works by Johann Jacob Kaup . Then, at the invitation of Herman Schlegel, Wolf worked in Leiden , and in 1848 he was invited to London to work in the British Museum , where he assisted David William Mitchell in illustrations for George Robert Gray 's fundamental work, “Species of Birds” ( 1844 - 1849 ). The next half century of his life, Wolf spent in England , collaborating, first of all, with such an outstanding bird watcher of his time as John Gould .
Artwork
Madagascar Mallard
Madagascar Hilt
Mesopotamian Sparrow
hippopotamus