biography of Michael Angelo WOOLF (1837-1899)

Birth place: London (England)

Addresses: NYC, 1881-87

Profession: Actor, illustrator, and genre painter, wood engraver

Studied: Paris; Munich.

Exhibited: NAD, 1881-87; PAFA Ann., 1885

Comments: He was brought to America as an infant, c.1838. He was well known for his humorous illustrations in black-and-white. Specialty: children of the slums in comic vein.

Sources: G&W; WW98; Art Annual, I, obit.; BÈnÈzit; Müller, Allgemeines Künstler Lexikon; Falk, Exh. Record Series.