Background
Earl Hofmann was born on March 11, 1928 in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Earl Hofmann
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Hofmann was one of Baltimore"s realist artists who studied with and assisted Jacques Maroger at the Maryland Institute College of Artist Hofmann graduated Forest Park High School. After serving in the Marines he attended Maryland Institute College of Art where he studied and assisted Jacques Maroger until Maroger"s death.
Career
He was a major part of the Baltimore art scene of the mid-20th century. Early He started painting at the age of 12 and continued to develop his interest in art throughout his teenage years. In 1961, he and a group of Baltimore painters founded the Maroger Group and the Six Realists.
Hofmann painted and exhibited portraits, street scenes, still life, liturgical images, fantasy scenes, and murals, for individuals, commercial enterprises, churches, courthouses, and schools.
The painting, "Jean Betty" is located in the Saint Mary"s County Governmental Center. Hofmann taught for many years at the Maryland Institute College of Artist
Then he moved to Southern Maryland and from 1970s to the early 1990s, he taught at the Saint Mary"s College of Maryland Public Honors College in Saint Mary"s City, Maryland and continued painting, drawing and sculpting. Hofmann died of lung cancer on September 29, 1992.
Achievements
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Earl Hofmann won many art awards and became part of the New York City art scene at a young age. He won an award and representation at the Grand Central Art Galleries in 1951 in a juried competition which was judged by Edward Hopper. Hofmann informally studied with and assisted Reginald Marsh during the early 1950s. He was a frequent exhibitor at the Peale Museum in Baltimore, the Corcoran Gallery of Art Biennial, the Venice Biennial, the Guggenheim Traveling Exhibition, the Butler Institute of American Art, and the International Institute of Arts and Letters.
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Earl Hofmann won many art awards and became part of the New York City art scene at a young age. He won an award and representation at the Grand Central Art Galleries in 1951 in a juried competition which was judged by Edward Hopper. Hofmann informally studied with and assisted Reginald Marsh during the early 1950s. He was a frequent exhibitor at the Peale Museum in Baltimore, the Corcoran Gallery of Art Biennial, the Venice Biennial, the Guggenheim Traveling Exhibition, the Butler Institute of American Art, and the International Institute of Arts and Letters.Earl Hofmann won many art awards and became part of the New York City art scene at a young age. He won an award and representation at the Grand Central Art Galleries in 1951 in a juried competition which was judged by Edward Hopper. Hofmann informally studied with and assisted Reginald Marsh during the early 1950s. He was a frequent exhibitor at the Peale Museum in Baltimore, the Corcoran Gallery of Art Biennial, the Venice Biennial, the Guggenheim Traveling Exhibition, the Butler Institute of American Art, and the International Institute of Arts and Letters.