Coal Country, Pennsylvania
Type:Painting
Size:5.50" x 9.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Estate Stamp
Harry Leslie Hoffman ART FOR SALE
1871 Cressona, Pennsylvania - 1964 Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for: Landscape, still life and underwater view painting.
A man with strong academic art training, Harry Hoffman was judged by his peers to have done best with his landscapes when he painted what he saw and set aside the theories. He studied in Paris,... Read full biography
A man with strong academic art training, Harry Hoffman was judged by his peers to have done best with his landscapes when he painted what he saw and set aside the theories. He studied in Paris, worked at Yale University with John Ferguson Weir, and was a student at the Art Students League with... Read full biography
A man with strong academic art training, Harry Hoffman was judged by his peers to have done best with his landscapes when he painted what he saw and set aside the theories. He studied in Paris, worked at Yale University with John Ferguson Weir, and was a student at the Art Students League with Frank DuMond. But Willard Metcalf had the strongest influence, encouraging Hoffman to paint in the style of impressionism. In 1902, Hoffman went to Old Lyme, Connecticut, and stayed at the Florence... Read full biography
A man with strong academic art training, Harry Hoffman was judged by his peers to have done best with his landscapes when he painted what he saw and set aside the theories. He studied in Paris, worked at Yale University with John Ferguson Weir, and was a student at the Art Students League with Frank DuMond. But Willard Metcalf had the strongest influence, encouraging Hoffman to paint in the style of impressionism. In 1902, Hoffman went to Old Lyme, Connecticut, and stayed at the Florence Griswold House, returning for many subsequent summers. At one point, when he was exceptionally low on money, he nearly became a professional baseball player, but was dissuaded by his painter friends. He married Beatrice Pope from East Orange, New Jersey,... Read full biography
A man with strong academic art training, Harry Hoffman was judged by his peers to have done best with his landscapes when he painted what he saw and set aside the theories. He studied in Paris, worked at Yale University with John Ferguson Weir, and was a student at the Art Students League with Frank DuMond. But Willard Metcalf had the strongest influence, encouraging Hoffman to paint in the style of impressionism. In 1902, Hoffman went to Old Lyme, Connecticut, and stayed at the Florence Griswold House, returning for many subsequent summers. At one point, when he was exceptionally low on money, he nearly became a professional baseball player, but was dissuaded by his painter friends. He married Beatrice Pope from East Orange, New Jersey, who was also staying at the Griswold House, and they lived in Old Lyme. In the 1920s, he had a reputation for his underwater life paintin... Read full biography
Harry Leslie Hoffman - Art for Sale (5 available)
At the Docks - Nassau
Type:Painting
Year:Circa 1920
Size:6.00" x 8.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Oil on paperboard in very good condition. This neat little work of a Bahamas dock scene is signed lower center.. The image measure 4" x 6" and in a very fine custom frame. Hoffman made several trips to the Bahamas and Bermuda as well.
The Cotton Gin, 1919
Type:Painting
Year:1919
Size:12.00" x 16.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Full Moon at the Collier
Type:Painting
Size:24.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Verso
Old Time Contra Dance, Turnbridge VT
Type:Painting
Size:20.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Estate Stamp
Notes:
A very special and historical image of the Contra Dancers. Presented in a Newcomb Macklin frame.