Balduin Wolff
Illustration — "Düsselthal", a watercolour by Wolff, 1865 (Hermann) Balduin Wolff (15 July 1819 – 21 November 1907) was a German painter of the Romantic period, and a chess player. Balduin Wolff was born in Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge (now Kowary), Silesia (then Prussia, now Poland), he graduated from a gymnasium of Hirschberg, and studied at Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf). He drew a game with Louis Paulsen in a blindfold simultaneous display at Düsseldorf in 1862.
Balduin Wolff
- Born
- 1819 · Kowary.
- Died
- 1907 · Düsseldorf.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Occupation
- chess player · painter · artist
- Education
- Berlin University of the Arts · Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — "Düsselthal", a watercolour by Wolff, 1865 (Hermann) Balduin Wolff (15 July 1819 – 21 November 1907) was a German painter of the Romantic period, and a chess player. Balduin Wolff was born in Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge (now Kowary), Silesia (then Prussia, now Poland), he graduated from a gymnasium of Hirschberg, and studied at Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf). He drew a game with Louis Paulsen in a blindfold simultaneous display at Düsseldorf in 1862.
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Born at Kowary in 1819, died in Düsseldorf in 1907.
Balduin Wolff studied at Berlin University of the Arts and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. The recorded working language is German.
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- 1.Friedrich Noack: Das Deutschtum in Rom seit dem Ausgang des Mittelalters. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1927, Band 2, S. 654.
- 2.Wilhelm Camphausen: Chronica de rebus Malcastaniensibus. Düsseldorf 1873, Sp. 5 (Google Books)
- 3.Rudolf Theilmann: Die Schülerlisten der Landschafterklassen von Schirmer bis Dücker. In: Wend von Kalnein (Hrsg.): Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-8053-0409-9, S. 146
- 4., Webseite im Portal archive.nrw.de (Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen)
- 5.Balduin Wolffs historische Elozahlen bei chessmetrics.com (englisch)
- 6.Chronik des Düsseldorfer SV von 1854
- 7.Jahrbuch des Westdeutschen Schachbundes für 1862. Verlag von Veit & Comp., Leipzig 1862, S. 20 (Google Books)
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