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It is said that Joseph Wolf (1820-1899), the farmer's son from the Eifel, painted in Terra Nullius between art and science. He filled this segment completely with his works and thus he is consistently considered the most important artist in his field. In addition, the painter is one of those personalities who are not so easily labelled - but individualists are sometimes treated stepmotherly by historians. Thus Joseph Wolf initially took part in scientific progress only as a painter whose task it was to illustrate the work of others, and although he was respected in the artistic circles of his time, he had no influence of his own and no successor. Rather, Wolf's paintings were regarded as somewhat too scientific by artists and somewhat too artistic by scientists. Ultimately, the invention of photography also caused a certain disenchantment with his lifelike images. But later his paintings often reported about the drama in nature.
Joseph Wolf possessed an "absolute eye". He roamed the native forests and meadows to chase foxes, wild boars and birds of prey. In the evening he made sketches of his observations from memory. Later, his father sent him to Constance: Joseph Wolf completed an apprenticeship as a printer there, after which he went to the Grand Ducal Natural History Cabinet in Darmstadt. The director of the cabinet then recommended him further as an illustrator for zoologists and researchers. According to this, Joseph Wolf was able to illustrate the important falcon book Traité de Fauconnerie by the zoologist Schlegel - the twelve photographically accurate lithographs are regarded as the basis of his career as an animal illustrator. There was enough work: new species of animals came to Europe from the colonial countries at that time and had to be drawn in detail for the destination books. Among other works, Joseph Wolf also drew the illustrations for the fauna Japonica by Franz von Siebold, thus furthering the progress in zoology of his time.
Joseph Wolf went to London in 1848. Up to the end of his life he remained in the hotspot of natural history. Studies in the big zoos of London with a lot of exotic animals strengthened his artistic reputation. Additionally, he published in scientific magazines. At the latest after Joseph Wolf had created the first lifelike representation of gorillas, which shaped the image of the great ape species over decades, his great reputation was complete. In addition to Wolf's feeling for the behaviour and movement of the animals, his works crystallized an increasing overall ecological understanding. His heart always hung on his own observations, day and night. In the process, he produced detailed sketches and studies that often served the zoological sciences as a basis for further research. When he found it difficult to produce such detailed small formats with increasing age, Joseph Wolf devoted himself more and more to animal painting.
Instead of small scientific formats, the artist produced paintings that told of the struggle for survival in nature - Charles Darwin had characterized this struggle as the "motor of evolution". Wolf had sympathies with the inferior and weak, so his precise and distanced observations of nature were replaced by paintings full of poetically painted love of animals. Ultimately, Wolf's artistic work is considered to be far more significant than photographic snapshots, because they are the result of the most intensive study of the biology of animals.
It is said that Joseph Wolf (1820-1899), the farmer's son from the Eifel, painted in Terra Nullius between art and science. He filled this segment completely with his works and thus he is consistently considered the most important artist in his field. In addition, the painter is one of those personalities who are not so easily labelled - but individualists are sometimes treated stepmotherly by historians. Thus Joseph Wolf initially took part in scientific progress only as a painter whose task it was to illustrate the work of others, and although he was respected in the artistic circles of his time, he had no influence of his own and no successor. Rather, Wolf's paintings were regarded as somewhat too scientific by artists and somewhat too artistic by scientists. Ultimately, the invention of photography also caused a certain disenchantment with his lifelike images. But later his paintings often reported about the drama in nature.
Joseph Wolf possessed an "absolute eye". He roamed the native forests and meadows to chase foxes, wild boars and birds of prey. In the evening he made sketches of his observations from memory. Later, his father sent him to Constance: Joseph Wolf completed an apprenticeship as a printer there, after which he went to the Grand Ducal Natural History Cabinet in Darmstadt. The director of the cabinet then recommended him further as an illustrator for zoologists and researchers. According to this, Joseph Wolf was able to illustrate the important falcon book Traité de Fauconnerie by the zoologist Schlegel - the twelve photographically accurate lithographs are regarded as the basis of his career as an animal illustrator. There was enough work: new species of animals came to Europe from the colonial countries at that time and had to be drawn in detail for the destination books. Among other works, Joseph Wolf also drew the illustrations for the fauna Japonica by Franz von Siebold, thus furthering the progress in zoology of his time.
Joseph Wolf went to London in 1848. Up to the end of his life he remained in the hotspot of natural history. Studies in the big zoos of London with a lot of exotic animals strengthened his artistic reputation. Additionally, he published in scientific magazines. At the latest after Joseph Wolf had created the first lifelike representation of gorillas, which shaped the image of the great ape species over decades, his great reputation was complete. In addition to Wolf's feeling for the behaviour and movement of the animals, his works crystallized an increasing overall ecological understanding. His heart always hung on his own observations, day and night. In the process, he produced detailed sketches and studies that often served the zoological sciences as a basis for further research. When he found it difficult to produce such detailed small formats with increasing age, Joseph Wolf devoted himself more and more to animal painting.
Instead of small scientific formats, the artist produced paintings that told of the struggle for survival in nature - Charles Darwin had characterized this struggle as the "motor of evolution". Wolf had sympathies with the inferior and weak, so his precise and distanced observations of nature were replaced by paintings full of poetically painted love of animals. Ultimately, Wolf's artistic work is considered to be far more significant than photographic snapshots, because they are the result of the most intensive study of the biology of animals.
.jpg "Leopards, 1851-69 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Cheetah by Joseph Wolf")
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 c1850 - (MeisterDrucke-191923).jpg "The Painted Ocelot (Felis picta), c.1850 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Greenland Gyrfalcon by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Barbary Wild Sheep by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Saker Falcon by Joseph Wolf")
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 1856 - (MeisterDrucke-183964).jpg "Lanner Falcon (Falco lanarius), 1856 by Joseph Wolf")
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 1852-54 - (MeisterDrucke-145155).jpg "Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus), 1852-54 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Fennec Fox - Canis cerdo by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Manchurian Deer by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Crimson Bellied Tragopan, Engraved by M. & N. Hanhart by Joseph Wolf & J. Smit by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Clouded Leopard, 1851-69 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "American Bison, 1850 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Shoebilled Stork, 1861 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Elands, c.1850 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Hoolocks Gibbon by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Patagonian Sea Lions by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Satin Bowerbird by Joseph Wolf")
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 1856-67 - (MeisterDrucke-247460).jpg "Saddle-billed Stork by Joseph Wolf")
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 1856-67 - (MeisterDrucke-217171).jpg "Black-necked Stork (Xenorhynchus australis) by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Concave casque Hornbill by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Lioness and Young, 1855 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Giraffe and Young by Joseph Wolf")
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 1856-67 - (MeisterDrucke-301181).jpg "Angola Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Thar by Joseph Wolf")
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 c1851-76 (wc pencil o - (MeisterDrucke-278264).jpg "Manchurian Crane (Grus viridirostris), c.1851-76 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Vigne")
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_-_Witte_Groenlandse_valkLe_gronlandais_faucon_blanc_mu_(title_on_object)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1371245).jpg "White Greenland Falcon by Willem Bastiaan van Wouw (possibly)")
_-_Witte_Groenlandse_valkLe_gronlandais_faucon_blanc_mu_(title_on_object)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1371245).jpg)
_c1851-76_(wc_und_pencil_on_paper)_-_(MeisterDrucke-316969).jpg "Lineated Kaleege (Euplpcamus lineatus) by Joseph Wolf")
_c1851-76_(wc_und_pencil_on_paper)_-_(MeisterDrucke-316969).jpg)
 c1851-76 (wc pencil on paper) - (MeisterDrucke-190465).jpg "Brush Turkey by Joseph Wolf")
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 1852-54 - (MeisterDrucke-218518).jpg "Swinhoe")
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 1852-54 - (MeisterDrucke-234925).jpg "Ashy-headed Goose (Chloephaga poliocephala), 1852-54 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Wood Grouse by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Hairy Eared Rhinoceros by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "The Red-river Hog by Joseph Wolf")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1369108).jpg "Falcon by Willem Bastiaan van Wouw")
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 1856-67 (wc pencil on - (MeisterDrucke-226676).jpg "Iceland Falcon, 1856-67 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Azara")
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.jpg "Row in the Jungle, 1863 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Elliot")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1368088).jpg "Gyrfalcon with Ptarmigan by Willem Bastiaan van Wouw")
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.jpg "American Skunk by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Javan Rhinoceros by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Aye-aye by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "California Deer by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Kiwi Mantells, 1852 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Japanese Pheasants by Joseph Wolf")
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 1852 - (MeisterDrucke-279171).jpg "The Canadian Lynx, 1852 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Clouded Leopard by Joseph Wolf")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172445).jpg "Snowy Owl, Nyctea Nivea by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Persian Deer by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Tapir by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Persian Gazelle by Joseph Wolf")
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_1852-54_-_(MeisterDrucke-315748).jpg "Black-necked swan (Cygnus nigricollis), 1852-54 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Ocelot, 1851-52 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "A Night Attack by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Egyptian Cat, 1851-69 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Walrus - Tricherchus Rosmarus by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Norwegian Gyrfalcon by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "The Leucoryx Antelope, Oryx Leucoryx, c.1850 by Joseph Wolf")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-549213).jpg "Ptarmigan, Winter, 1873 by Joseph Wolf")
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 1852-54 - (MeisterDrucke-161600).jpg "Upland Goose (Bernicla magellanica), 1852-54 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Manatee, 1879 by Joseph Wolf")
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 1852-54 - (MeisterDrucke-223275).jpg "Rufous-tailed Pheasant by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "A Snow Leopard Stalking Ovis Poli by Joseph Wolf")
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_c1851-76_(wc_und_pencil_on_paper)_-_(MeisterDrucke-183491).jpg "Horned Tragopan (Ceriornis satyra) by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Ocelot, 1851 by Joseph Wolf")
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 1867 (wc pencil o - (MeisterDrucke-228843).jpg "Egrets by Joseph Wolf")
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_c1851-76_(wc_und_pencil_on_paper)_-_(MeisterDrucke-320378).jpg "Bennett")
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.jpg "Yaguarundi Cat, 1851-69 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Tapir, 1880 by Joseph Wolf")
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 1852-54 - (MeisterDrucke-245628).jpg "Caspian Snow-partridge (Tetraogallus caspius), 1852-54 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Wapiti by Joseph Wolf")
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 1856-67 (wc pencil o - (MeisterDrucke-284245).jpg "African Tantalus (Pseudotantalus ibis), 1856-67 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Wagati Cat by Joseph Wolf")
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 1856-67 - (MeisterDrucke-214841).jpg "Saker Falcon (Falco sacer), 1856-67 by Joseph Wolf")
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 1852-54 - (MeisterDrucke-236033).jpg "Soemmerring")
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.jpg "Ocelot, 1851-52 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Kiwi by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Stranger")
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_c1851-76_(wc_und_pencil_on_paper)_-_(MeisterDrucke-312614).jpg "Kagu (Rhinochetus jubatus), c.1851-76 by Joseph Wolf")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-278857).jpg "Yaguarundi Cat by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Ocelot by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Obaysch by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Gyr Falcons on a Rocky Ledge by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Rasse - Vivericula malaccensis by Joseph Wolf")
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 1852-54 - (MeisterDrucke-190303).jpg "Siamese Pheasant (Euplocamus praelatus) by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Kestrel by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Scimitar Horned Oryx Calves by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "African Rhinoceros by Joseph Wolf")
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 1869 - (MeisterDrucke-171470).jpg "Ashy-black Macaque (Macacus ocreatus) by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Norwegian Lynx, 1851-69 by Joseph Wolf")
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 1852-54 - (MeisterDrucke-254793).jpg "Bar-tailed Pheasant (Phasianus reevesi), 1852-54 by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "Caracal by Joseph Wolf")
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 1852-54 - (MeisterDrucke-237543).jpg "Vieillot")
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.jpg "Winter by Joseph Wolf")
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.jpg "African Elephants by Joseph Wolf")
.jpg "Ocelot, 1851-52 by Joseph Wolf")
_1856-67_-_(MeisterDrucke-310968).jpg "Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga), 1856-67 by Joseph Wolf")
.jpg "Eagle in flight, 1873 by Joseph Wolf")