Alfred roloff biography

Alfred Gustav Christian Roloff was born in 1879 in Lassan (Kreis Greifswald – Pomerania) as the son of a marine officer. He entered the Berlin Academy in 1896 and graduated in 1901. The same year he established himself in Berlin as a painter and illustrator.

He seems to have been extremely prolific in illustrating dime novels and books. His main employer before the Great War was the ‘Verlagshaus für Volksliteratur und Kunst’, a publishing house that, together with its rival Eichler, virtually inundated the European and world markets with cheap publications.

Roloff was a major player amongst the artists who produced thousands of «grabby» covers for that ephemeral market.

Alfred Gustav Christian Roloff was a German artist and illustrator; best known for his dime novel covers and paintings of horses.

Alfred Gustav Christian Roloff was a German artist and illustrator; best known for his dime novel covers and paintings of horses.

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Alfred Gustav Christian Roloff (19 March , Lassan - 7 December , Rade bei Rendsburg) was a.

Alfred Roloff was a German painter and illustrator perhaps best known for his particular fascination with horses and featuring them in his artworks.

Alfred Roloff ( - ) was active/lived in Germany.

He pursued his career during the two wars, working for a great number of publishing houses. «Professor» Roloff was also appreciated as an academy painter. Horses were his speciality and one of his paintings even entered the «Haus der Deutsche Kunst» in Munich in 1937.

Roloff was still working after Wor