11 Facts About Henry Wolf

Henry Wolf was an Austrian-born, American graphic designer, photographer and art director.

Henry Wolf influenced and energized magazine design during the 1950s and 1960s with his bold layouts, elegant typography, and whimsical cover photographs while serving as art director at Esquire, Bazaar, and Show magazines.

Henry Wolf was born into a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria, on May 23,1925.

Henry Wolf continued his art studies at New York City's School of Industrial Art.

Henry Wolf joined the Army in 1943, serving with an intelligence unit in the Pacific until 1946.

Henry Wolf worked with photographers Richard Avedon, Melvin Sokolsky and Art Kane before he launched his own photography studio on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Henry Wolf became the art director of Esquire, in 1952, his designs becoming the sophisticated image for which the magazine is known.

In 1965, Henry Wolf began working for McCann Erickson where he directed high-profile advertisement campaigns like Alka Seltzer, Buick, Gillette, and Coca-Cola.

Henry Wolf's work was published in many magazines, including Esquire, Town and Country, Domus, and New York.

Henry Wolf taught graphic design at Parsons School of Design in New York City, as well as the School of Visual Arts and The Cooper Union.

Henry Wolf died on February 14,2005, just short of age 80.