Ernest Hopf

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Ernest J. Hopf
Born(1910-02-02)February 2, 1910
DiedJuly 17, 1999(1999-07-17) (aged 89)
Known forprintmaker
SpouseAlice Lightner Hopf

Ernest Hopf (1910 - 1999) was a German-American artist known for his silk screen prints.

Biography

Hopf was born February 2, 1910 [1] in Germany. [2]

In 1935, he married the writer Alice Lightner Hopf [2] with whom he had one child. [3] During the 1930s Hopf was an artist with the Works Progress Administration (WPA). [4]

In 1941 Hopf contributed an illustration the Committee for Defense of Public Education publication Winter Soldiers: The Story of a Conspiracy Against the Schools. Profits from the publication were given to the legal defense fund for the Rapp-Coudert Committee victims. [5] [6] Hopf provided one of the six limited-edition prints for the Silk Screen Group's 1943 calendar. [7]

Hopf's work was included in the 1940 MoMA exhibition American Color Prints Under $10. [8] He was also included in the 1944 Dallas Museum of Art exhibition of the National Serigraph Society. [9]

Hopf died on July 17, 1999. [1]

Hopf's work is in the National Gallery of Art, [10] the National Gallery of Victoria, [1] the Tacoma Art Museum [4] and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, [11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Two Weddings are Announced. The Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) April 30, 1935, p 12". Detroit Free Press. 30 April 1935. p. 12. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Alice Lightner Hopf, Author, 83". The New York Times. 11 March 1988. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Ernest Hopf". Tacoma Art Museum. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  4. ↑ ""Winter Soldiers - The Story of a Conspiracy Against the Schools"". CUNY Digital History Archive. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Winter Soldiers". Graphic Witness: visual arts & social commentary. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "The Silk Screen Group NYC: Six Original Screen Prints". Invaluable. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "American Color Prints Under $10 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "National Serigraph Society Exhibition | Dallas Museum of Art". Dallas Museum of Art. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Structures". Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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