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FRANK B. HOFFMAN (1888 – 1958)

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FRANK B. HOFFMAN (1888 – 1958)
FRANK B. HOFFMAN (1888 – 1958)
Young Woman
Dry Brush Ink & Graphite on Paper, 11" x 9 ½"
unsigned
Born in Chicago, Frank Hoffman sketched horses while working as a jockey until he was
nineteen. Later, he sketched prize fights, operas, and other subjects in ink for the Chicago American
Weekly newspaper and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1916 the Great Northern Railroad
hired Hoffman to paint wildlife to help promote Glacier National Park in Montana. After seeing
a Leon Gaspard exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, he first visited Taos in 1919 and began
spending summers there while wintering in Chicago. Frank was a successful illustrator for Cream
of Wheat, General Electric, and the Cuban Tobacco Company to name just a few. Between 1940
and 1953, he produced over 150 Western and outdoor paintings for Brown & Bigelow of St. Paul,
Minnesota, then the largest calendar house in the U.S. Eye strain forced Hoffman to give up
painting in 1953, and he died and is buried at Taos. The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
hosted three major Hoffman exhibitions in 1959, 1965, and 1990.
Provenance: Estate of the artist, Frank B. Hoffman (1888-1958) Gallery Label