Adolf Johann Hoeffler
Adolf Johann Hoeffler (born December 24, 1825 in Frankfurt am Main ; † March 19, 1898 ibid) was a German landscape painter and draftsman who also worked in the United States and Cuba .
Born as the son of the painter Heinrich Friedrich Hoeffler and Johanna Eleonora Hoeffler, he married Anna Catharina Hoeffler.
Hoeffler studied painting at the Städelschen Kunstinstitut and from November 14, 1847 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich and in 1848 under Karl Ferdinand Sohn at the Düsseldorf Art Academy .
Hoeffler spent the period from 1848 to 1853 in North America and Cuba . He made his living by painting portraits. Hoeffler visited many US states : Louisiana , Wisconsin , Pennsylvania , Maryland , Ohio, and New York . From these study trips he brought sketches which he took with him on his return to Germany and which he used as templates for oil paintings. He later devoted himself to landscape motifs from the Frankfurt area. He also visited Italy .
He published illustrated travelogues in Harper's Magazine and also taught at the Städelsche Kunstinstitut. Johann Christian Heerdt was one of his students .
literature
- Hoeffler, Adolf Johann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 16 : Hansen – Heubach . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1923.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Findbuch 212.01.04 Student lists of the Düsseldorf Art Academy , website in the archive.nrw.de portal ( North Rhine-Westphalia State Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoeffler, Adolf Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter and draftsman, also active in the United States and Cuba |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1898 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |