Adolf Wolff

Born in Brussels in 1883 and later active in New York City, Adolf Wolff was known as a visual artist, poet, anarchist, and socialist. He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York and at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, building a career that crossed sculpture, writing, and political activism.

Wolff was part of the lively radical culture surrounding the Ferrer School and contributed to The Modern School, the magazine published by the Ferrer Association. He also appears in accounts of New York Dada, where his work and friendships placed him close to artists and writers experimenting with new forms while challenging social convention.

For audiobook listeners, Wolff is especially interesting because his writing comes from the meeting point of art and protest. His poems carry the urgency of someone shaped by labor politics, prison experience, and the restless creative scene of his time. He died in New York in 1944.