Aïchele's childhood was spent in the artists' colony of Eutingen, near
Pforzheim in
Baden-Württemberg. At the age of 17, Aïchele decided to train as a sculptor and was accepted on a four-year woodcarving course at the Bavarian State Woodcarving School in
Oberammergau. In 1942, during the
Second World War, he was conscripted into the German army and sent to the
Crimea. Severe illness saw him transferred to a military hospital in Marienbad. Once recuperated, he was sent to Normandy where he served as a communications officer in the German 77th Infantry Division. He surrendered to American forces at the end of July, 1944 and spent the next two years as a prisoner of war, first in England and then in America. He moved to
Paris in 1956. In the late 1970s, Wolfram's work changed into a blend of
figurative art and
abstract art from the earlier
Byzantine art. Aïchele married in 1964 and has two children, the jeweller Benedikt Aichele, and the artist and illustrator,
Alexandra Milton. ==See also==