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An example of work by Wallace Leroy De Wolf
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in Chicago, IL on Feb. 24, 1854, Wallace DeWolf was a successful
lawyer and real estate broker in his native city. His business
ventures often took him to the West Coast.
As a self-taught artist, he began painting and etching scenes of the
Southwest desert and its flora. His work is illustrated in New Mexico The Land of the Delight Makers by George Wharton James.
As well as the Southwest, he made trips to British Columbia in search
of subject matter. As a member of the Print Committee at the Art
Institute of Chicago, he was instrumental in building a collection of
etchings for that institution. About 1917 DeWolf retired to
Pasadena where he exhibited locally.
Due to ill health, he committed suicide in Pasadena on Dec. 25,
1930. DeWolf bequeathed $50,000 and a collection of line
engravings to the Pasadena Art Institute.
Memberships:
Chicago Society of Artists
Chicago Society of Etchers
California Prairie Printmakers
Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles
Exhibitions:
Art Institute of Chicago, 1914-27
Prairie Printmakers Society of Los Angeles, 1917-28
California Art Club, 1919-1926
Pasadena Society of Artists, 1927
Pasadena Art Institute 1927
Collections:
Springfield Art Association
Union League Club (Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers (Fielding, Mantle); Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Los Angeles Times, 12-27-1930 & 1-11-1931 (obits); American Art Annual 1931 (obituary). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in Chicago, Illinois, Wallace De Wolf was a self-taught artist who
did sketches of the Southwest flora and fauna and also made many
painting trips to British Columbia.
He graduated from Union
College of Law in Chicago and became a successful lawyer and real
estate broker, a job that took him to the West Coast and the Southwest
and also to British Columbia where he did much painting.
He
became a member of the Print Committee at the Art Institute of Chicago,
and was a key figure in that institution's having an excellent
collection of rare etchings by Anders Zorn. About 1917, he
retired to Pasadena and painted primarily for local collectors and
exhibitions.
In his will, he left the Art Institute of California fifty-thousand dollars and a collection of line engravings.
Sources include:
Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art
Peggy and Harold Samuels, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
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