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1825 Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany - 1898 probably Frankfurt-am-Main. Known for: Historical site sketches, Upper Mississippi region.
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Adolf Hoeffler was the son of a painter, and took lessons from his father as well as at the Dusseldorf Academy. In 1848, he arrived in New Orleans and spent the following... Read full biography
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Adolf Hoeffler was the son of a painter, and took lessons from his father as well as at the Dusseldorf Academy. In 1848, he arrived in New Orleans and spent the following years as an itinerant artist, doing portraits and filling his notebooks with sketches and drawings... Read full biography
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Adolf Hoeffler was the son of a painter, and took lessons from his father as well as at the Dusseldorf Academy. In 1848, he arrived in New Orleans and spent the following years as an itinerant artist, doing portraits and filling his notebooks with sketches and drawings of places he visited. Traveling up the Mississippi River by steamboat, he reached St. Paul in the summer of 1849, and among his sketches are depictions of St. Paul, Fort Snelling and other landmarks.... Read full biography
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Adolf Hoeffler was the son of a painter, and took lessons from his father as well as at the Dusseldorf Academy. In 1848, he arrived in New Orleans and spent the following years as an itinerant artist, doing portraits and filling his notebooks with sketches and drawings of places he visited. Traveling up the Mississippi River by steamboat, he reached St. Paul in the summer of 1849, and among his sketches are depictions of St. Paul, Fort Snelling and other landmarks. In 1853, his sketches, including many more scenes of Minnesota and also of Wisconsin, were published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Also appearing were seventeen woodcuts from his drawings. Source:. Rena Neumann Coen, Minnesota Art And Artists: A... Read full biography
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Adolf Hoeffler was the son of a painter, and took lessons from his father as well as at the Dusseldorf Academy. In 1848, he arrived in New Orleans and spent the following years as an itinerant artist, doing portraits and filling his notebooks with sketches and drawings of places he visited. Traveling up the Mississippi River by steamboat, he reached St. Paul in the summer of 1849, and among his sketches are depictions of St. Paul, Fort Snelling and other landmarks. In 1853, his sketches, including many more scenes of Minnesota and also of Wisconsin, were published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Also appearing were seventeen woodcuts from his drawings. Source:. Rena Neumann Coen, Minnesota Art And Artists: A Pictorial History, Ramsey County Historical Society, Volume 12, Number 2, 1976, pages 3-17... Read full biography
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Keywords (15)
Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Easel Painting
- •Sketch, Sketching
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Fort Snelling, Minnesota
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Minnesota, Upper Mississippi Before 1900
- •New Orleans Before 1940
Art School
- •Dusseldorf Art Academy, Germany, Student
Added Description
- •HARPER'S WEEKLY, BAZAAR, MONTHLY Illustrator/Photos
Ethnicity of Artist
- •German