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Albert Wolff (other)
Albert Wolff may refer to: * Albert Wolff (journalist) (1835–1891), Franco-German journalist * Albert Wolff (conductor) (1884–1970), French conductor and composer * Albert Wolff (judge) Sir Albert Asher Wolff (30 April 1899 – 27 October 1977) was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia. Wolf also served as Lieutenant Govern ... (1899–1977), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia * Albert Wolff (fencer) (1906–1989), French-born American Olympic fencer * Albert Moritz Wolff (1854–1923), German sculptor and medallion-designer * Albert Wolff (sculptor) (1814–1892), German sculptor {{hndis, Wolff, Albert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Wolff (journalist)
Albert Abraham Wolff (31 December 1835, Cologne – 22 December 1891, Paris), was a French writer, dramatist, journalist, and art critic who was born in Germany. Biography Wolff graduated from a trade school after teaching in Paris . This was followed by a degree in Bonn before he settled in Paris in 1857. There he worked as a secretary for Alexandre Dumas. From 1859 he was editor of ''Le Charivari'' under the pseudonym Charles Brassac. He moved to ''Le Figaro'' where he became a leading art critic and was later promoted to editor of the newspaper. His discussions of the Paris Salon had a great impact of the success of contemporary artists. Wolff supported academic painting, with Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier as one of his favourite artists. Moreover he was intensively connected with contemporary French artists, a. o. the painters of the Barbizon School who he visited and interviewed frequently. In his publication of 1886: 'Notes upon certain Masters of the XIX century' Wolff de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Wolff (conductor)
Albert Louis Wolff (19 January 1884 – 20 February 1970) was a French conductor and composer of Dutch descent. Most of his career was spent in European venues, with the exception of two years that he spent as a conductor at the Metropolitan Opera and a few years in Buenos Aires during the Second World War. He is most known for holding the position of principal conductor with the Opéra-Comique in Paris for several years. He was married to the French mezzo-soprano Simone Ballard. Biography Early life and education Wolff was born in Paris, of Dutch parents, though he was a French citizen from birth, never lived in the Netherlands, and never had a Dutch passport. When only 12 years old, he began his musical education at the Paris Conservatoire. There, he studied with such teachers as André Gedalge, Xavier Leroux, and Paul Antonin Vidal. At the same time he played the piano in cabarets and was organist at the Église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin (Paris) for four years. Upon graduatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Wolff (judge)
Sir Albert Asher Wolff (30 April 1899 – 27 October 1977) was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia. Wolf also served as Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia. Early life Born on 30 April 1899 at Geraldton, Western Australia, and registered as Asher Albert, he was the only son and second of four children to a Russian-born jeweller, and his English wife. From an orthodox Jewish family, Wolff was educated at Geraldton State and Perth Boys' schools and won a scholarship to Perth Modern School. In 1924 he married schoolteacher Ida Violet Jackson, at the district registrar's office in Perth. Judiciary career After serving articles in a legal firm, he was admitted to the Supreme Court on 20 October 1921, and practised at Goomalling and in Perth until appointed crown prosecutor in 1926. Wolff prosecuted constables J. G. St Jack and R. H. Regan for murder following the 1926 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Wolff (fencer)
Albert Wolff (July 13, 1906 – June 14, 1989) was an American Olympic foil and épée fencer. Wolff was born in Barr, Bas-Rhin, France, and was Jewish.Richard D. Mandell''The Nazi Olympics''/ref> He later lived in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States. Biography Wolff qualified for the French Olympic Team but boycotted the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, withdrawing from France's national team on principle because he was a Jew. He said: "I cannot participate in anything sponsored by Adolf Hitler, even for France." ''Jewish Post''. He fought in the during World War II, and was awarded the |
Albert Moritz Wolff
:''not to be confused with Albert Wolff (1814–1892).'' Albert Moritz Wolff (15 June 1854, Berlin – 23 August 1923, Lüneburg Lüneburg (officially the ''Hanseatic City of Lüneburg'', German: ''Hansestadt Lüneburg'', , Low German ''Lümborg'', Latin ''Luneburgum'' or ''Lunaburgum'', Old High German ''Luneburc'', Old Saxon ''Hliuni'', Polabian ''Glain''), also calle ...) was a German sculptor and medallion-designer ( medallist). References 1854 births 1923 deaths Sculptors from Berlin German medallists Französisches Gymnasium Berlin alumni 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists 19th-century German sculptors German male sculptors 19th-century German male artists {{Germany-sculptor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
