Edward Wolfe  RA 1897-1982

Edward Wolfe was a portrait, flower and landscape painter, mainly in oil, illustrator and draughtsman in pen and ink and pencil. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wolfe came to England and studied at the Slade School 1916-8 whilst at the Slade was invited by Nina Hamnett to join Roger Fry’s Omega Workshops, with which he first exhibited in 1918
                                                                                  

	I am the Rose of Sharon Lithograph on Silver card 162/250  35.5 x 26.5 cm
Thine Head upon thee is like Carmel Lithograph on Silver card 162/250  35.5 x 26.5 cm sold
	Rise up my love my fair one Lithograph on Silver card 162/250  35.5 x 26.5 cm
My Beloved is Mine   Lithograph on Silver card 162/250  35.5 x 26.5 cm
	Awake O North Wind Lithograph on Silver card 162/250  35.5 x 26.5 cm
Set me a Seal upon thine Heart Lithograph on Silver card 162/250  35.5 x 26.5 cm
	Who is she that looked forth Lithograph on Silver card 162/250  35.5 x 26.5 cm

The same year that he initially showed with LG. One-man show at Leon Levson’s Gallery, Johannesburg, in 1920, having returned in 1919 to paint there; the proceeds helped to fund his return to London, which then became his base, although he was throughout his life to travel in search of the sun. Over the years he painted in places such as France - he was early an admirer of Matisse, who influenced his work - Italy, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia and Mexico.

Wolfe exhibited extensively in Britain and abroad with mixed and one-man shows, and was elected RA in 1972. There was an Arts Council retrospective in 1967 and in 1997 another, celebrating his centenary, at Paisnel Gallery and James O’Connor

Tate Gallery and many other public galleries hold Wolfe’s work, which is often rich in colour, suffused in sunlight and highly decorative, but with an underlying strong draughtsmanship.