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Martin Joseph Hoffman BIOGRAPHY
1935 St. Augustine, Florida - 2013. Known for: Landscape painting, illustration, nude figure.
The following information is submitted by Cathie Zusy, former Chief Curator, New Hampshire Historical Society. Versatile, epic painter Martin Joseph Hoffman (born 1935, St. Augustine) died Tuesday,... Read full biography
The following information is submitted by Cathie Zusy, former Chief Curator, New Hampshire Historical Society. Versatile, epic painter Martin Joseph Hoffman (born 1935, St. Augustine) died Tuesday, February 5 at age 77 after a slow decline. Hoffman was both fine artist and illustrator, mounting... Read full biography
The following information is submitted by Cathie Zusy, former Chief Curator, New Hampshire Historical Society. Versatile, epic painter Martin Joseph Hoffman (born 1935, St. Augustine) died Tuesday, February 5 at age 77 after a slow decline. Hoffman was both fine artist and illustrator, mounting five shows between 1973 and 1979 at the OK Harris gallery (NYC) while also doing freelance work for Playboy and for Frank & Jeff Lavaty & Associates of New York City. A self-taught painter and gifted... Read full biography
The following information is submitted by Cathie Zusy, former Chief Curator, New Hampshire Historical Society. Versatile, epic painter Martin Joseph Hoffman (born 1935, St. Augustine) died Tuesday, February 5 at age 77 after a slow decline. Hoffman was both fine artist and illustrator, mounting five shows between 1973 and 1979 at the OK Harris gallery (NYC) while also doing freelance work for Playboy and for Frank & Jeff Lavaty & Associates of New York City. A self-taught painter and gifted drummer, Hoffman played in the Miami Jackson High School Marching Band. Famous for its fragmented Be-Bop drum rhythms, the band toured Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Brazil. After just a week at the University of Miami on a four-year music... Read full biography
The following information is submitted by Cathie Zusy, former Chief Curator, New Hampshire Historical Society. Versatile, epic painter Martin Joseph Hoffman (born 1935, St. Augustine) died Tuesday, February 5 at age 77 after a slow decline. Hoffman was both fine artist and illustrator, mounting five shows between 1973 and 1979 at the OK Harris gallery (NYC) while also doing freelance work for Playboy and for Frank & Jeff Lavaty & Associates of New York City. A self-taught painter and gifted drummer, Hoffman played in the Miami Jackson High School Marching Band. Famous for its fragmented Be-Bop drum rhythms, the band toured Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Brazil. After just a week at the University of Miami on a four-year music scholarship, Hoffman transferred to the Florida State University. There, he studied physics for a year before starting a family... Read full biography
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The following information is submitted by Cathie Zusy, former Chief Curator, New Hampshire Historical Society
Versatile, epic painter Martin Joseph Hoffman (born 1935, St. Augustine) died Tuesday, February 5 at age 77 after a slow decline. Hoffman was both fine artist and illustrator, mounting five shows between 1973 and 1979 at the OK Harris gallery (NYC) while also doing freelance work for Playboy and for Frank & Jeff Lavaty & Associates of New York City.
A self-taught painter and gifted drummer, Hoffman played in the Miami Jackson High School Marching Band. Famous for its fragmented Be-Bop drum rhythms, the band toured Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Brazil. After just a week at the University of Miami...But wait, there's more...
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