Wols
 Wols was the pseudonym of Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze (May 27 1913 Berlin – September 1 1951 Paris) a German painter and photographer predominantly active in France. Though broadly unrecognized in his lifetime he is considered a pioneer of Lyrical Abstraction one of the most influential artists of the Tachisme movement. He is the author of a book on art theory entitled Aphorismes de Wols.