Joseph Wolf, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Wolf

German artist

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1820

Date of Death: 20-Apr-1899

Profession: illustrator, painter, ornithologist, lithographer

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Joseph Wolf (21 January 1820 – 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.
Wolf depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art.
Sir Edwin Landseer thought him "...without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived"'.



Description	British painter English painter
Date of birth/death	22 June 1859	10 October 1936
Location of birth/death	London	Fulham
Authority control	: Q17002706 VIAF: 95812018 ULAN: 500021226 RKD: 14796