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Joseph Wolf (22 January 1820 [1] – 20 April 1899) was a German artist who specialized in natural history illustration. He moved to the British Museum in 1848 and became the preferred illustrator for explorers and naturalists including David Livingstone, Alfred Russel Wallace and Henry Walter Bates.
Jan 20, 2020 · The subject of the portrait is Joseph Wolf, arguably one of the most talented animal artists that has ever lived, and the 22nd January 2020 marks the bicentenary of his birth.
Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) was a pioneer of wildlife art and a preferred illustrator for explorers and naturalists. He depicted animals accurately and lifelike in various media, such as lithographs, oil paintings and woodcuts, and worked for the British Museum and the Zoological Society of London.
Joseph Wolf was a German artist who specialized in natural history illustration. He moved to the British Museum in 1848 and became the preferred illustrator for explorers and...
Joseph Wolf was the most prominent ornithological artist to contribute illustrations to John Gould’s bird books. While growing up on a farm in Germany, Wolf roamed the countryside and developed a strong interest in observing and sketching the wildlife.
Joseph Wolf was one of the preeminent natural history artists active in the nineteenth century. Born in Germany, he travelled to London in 1848 where he began a career illustrating natural history books including the ‘bird books’ of John Gould and David Livingstone’s accounts of his travels in Africa.
Jan 22, 2021 · Joseph Wolf, a German/English animal artist, was born Jan. 22, 1820. Wolf came to London from his native Germany in 1848 and hooked up with the Zoological Society of London, where for many years he did drawings of London zoo specimens for specialized articles in such journals as the Transactions of the Zoological Society.
