Anton Hoffmann - Artist Info

About Anton Hoffmann

  • Biography from Mehlis

    Anton Hoffmann was a German painter, illustrator, army expert, commercial artist, and university teacher. He was born in 1863 in Bayreuth, Germany and died in 1938 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber or Munich, Germany. He served in the Bavarian Army from 1880-89 while also pursuing his artistic career. He studied at the Academy in Munich from 1889-95 and participated in exhibitions at the Munich Glass Palace from 1896. He created contributions for various publications and worked as a commercial artist for several companies. He received numerous honors and was a member of several artist associations. He was active in Munich and Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Sources include Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Saur "Bio-Bibliographical Artist Lexicon", Dressler, register of the Munich Academy, Müller-Singer, Bruckmann " Munich painters of the 19th and 20th centuries", Ries, and Wikipedia.
  • Biography from Broward Auction Gallery

    Anton Hoffmann was born in Germany in 1863. He was a German painter and illustrator. Anton drew several series on the unfirom history of the Bavarian army. He also created numerous illustrations for children's books, history books and textbooks. Anton Hoffman died in Germany in 1938.

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