Henry Wolf

Henry Wolf (1852-1916) was a French born wood engraver who lived and worked in the United States during his most influential work period and until his death.

He was born in 1852 in Eckwersheim, France. He lived in Strasbourg. While there, he studied under Jacques Levy.[1] He exhibited in Paris. In 1871, he moved to New York City.[2] He created engravings of works by Gilbert Stuart, Enrique Serra, Frank Weston Benson, Howard Pyle, Henry Salem Hubbell, John Singer Sargent, A. B. Frost, Jan Vermeer, Jean-Léon Gérôme and Édouard Manet.[2][3][4][5][6] His works were published in Scribner's Magazine, Harper's Monthly, and Century Magazine. In 1896 he started engraving his own artwork. He exhibited 144 wood engravings at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. He was awarded the Exposition's Grand Prize in printmaking that year. He died in 1916 in New York City.[2] His works are held in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[3][7]

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"WOLF, Henry". The International Who's Who in the World: p. 1113. 1912.

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