Hugo Olof von Hofsten (1865 - 1947) . A successful illustrator in America, Hugo von Hofsten was born to an aristocratic family in Karlskoga, Varmland, Sweden. He trained at the Royal Academy in... Read full biography
Hugo Olof von Hofsten (1865 - 1947) . A successful illustrator in America, Hugo von Hofsten was born to an aristocratic family in Karlskoga, Varmland, Sweden. He trained at the Royal Academy in Stockholm, and then immigrated to New York City in 1885 where he worked as an illustrator on The Graphic.... Read full biography
Hugo Olof von Hofsten (1865 - 1947) . A successful illustrator in America, Hugo von Hofsten was born to an aristocratic family in Karlskoga, Varmland, Sweden. He trained at the Royal Academy in Stockholm, and then immigrated to New York City in 1885 where he worked as an illustrator on The Graphic. He moved to Chicago in 1893 to do illustrations for The Evening Post, The Journal, and The Tribune. In 1895 he headed the illustration department for The Times Herald. After 1906 he illustrated... Read full biography
Hugo Olof von Hofsten (1865 - 1947) . A successful illustrator in America, Hugo von Hofsten was born to an aristocratic family in Karlskoga, Varmland, Sweden. He trained at the Royal Academy in Stockholm, and then immigrated to New York City in 1885 where he worked as an illustrator on The Graphic. He moved to Chicago in 1893 to do illustrations for The Evening Post, The Journal, and The Tribune. In 1895 he headed the illustration department for The Times Herald. After 1906 he illustrated children's books and painted landscapes. Submitted by Edward P. Bentley, Art Researcher, East Lansing, Michigan. Source:. Mary Swanson Towley, Tangled Web: Immigrant Swedish, Artists' Patronage Systems,. 1880-1940... Read full biography
Hugo Olof von Hofsten (1865 - 1947) . A successful illustrator in America, Hugo von Hofsten was born to an aristocratic family in Karlskoga, Varmland, Sweden. He trained at the Royal Academy in Stockholm, and then immigrated to New York City in 1885 where he worked as an illustrator on The Graphic. He moved to Chicago in 1893 to do illustrations for The Evening Post, The Journal, and The Tribune. In 1895 he headed the illustration department for The Times Herald. After 1906 he illustrated children's books and painted landscapes. Submitted by Edward P. Bentley, Art Researcher, East Lansing, Michigan. Source:. Mary Swanson Towley, Tangled Web: Immigrant Swedish, Artists' Patronage Systems,. 1880-1940... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (10)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Tangled Web: Swedish Immigrant Artists' Patronage Systems, 1880-1940
2004
Swanson, Mary Towley
0 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
American Painters of Swedish Descent
1920
Editor: The American Scandinavian Foundation
0 pages
The Swedish Element in Illinois: Survey of the Past SEven Decades