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Hoffmeister, Adolf, 1902-1973

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1902-08-15 - 1973-07-24

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Greek village by Syrakus, 1960

 Item
Identifier: CC-51586-72685
Scope and Contents

This collage is depicted in the Adolf Hoffmeister1902-1973 edited by Karel Srp on page 238. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960

[Sea Scape] / Hoffmeister, Adolf., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-51488-72586
Scope and Contents

This collage is not depicted in the Adolf Hoffmeister 1902-1973 edited by Karel Srp. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

[Untitled] / Kolar, Jiri. ; Mesens, E.L.T. ; Schwitters, Kurt ; Hoffmeister, Adolf., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-08145-8306
Scope and Contents

Mentions that Hoffmeister (1902-1973) fled from Czechoslovakia in 1939 to USA and after WWII became Ambassador to France from 1948-1951 and subsequently Professor of Art at the Prague Art Academy. His work overlaps the border of Art and spreads into cartoon, advertising and related fields. "He was the first artist to use typography as a total compositional medium regardless of the meaning of the actual words, concentrating on the purely visual image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994