Wols

The artist studied at Bauhaus and spent the years 1932-1933 in Paris, where he encountered surrealism. Until 1935, he stayed in Spain, mainly working with photography. Later, he lived in France, and from 1945, he resided in Paris, where he lived in extreme poverty. Works Wols' creations were a direct precursor to Tachisme. Initially inspired by Expressionism, Surrealism, and the work of Paul Klee, the Bauhaus student started by painting gouaches and watercolors dominated by pink and light blue. His subjects mainly involved biological forms and fantastical landscapes, characterized by schematic drawings. By 1946, the artist's work underwent a metamorphosis, with intense lines and spots merging, leading to a complete breakdown of form, where an anamorphic blot placed in the center of the canvas is surrounded by jittery, thin, colorful lines. Towards the end of his life, Wols adopted Georges Mathieu's method of painting by squeezing paint directly from the tube onto the canvas.