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Adolf Johann Hoeffler

Adolf Johann Hoeffler (1825 - 1898) was active/lived in Louisiana / Germany.  Adolf Hoeffler is 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 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   ...  [Displaying 884 of 3276 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Adolf Johann Hoeffler


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
  • Easel Painting
  • Sketch, Sketching
Art MediaArt 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

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