Anton Hoffmann (painter)

Anton Hoffmann (born April 10, 1863 in Bayreuth ; † January 26, 1938 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber ) was a German painter, illustrator, military scientist and university professor.

Historicizing painting Riding out to the hunt , around 1938

Individually completed form of a war chronicle based on a drawing by Hoffmann

Heroic Hungarian Hussars attack in Krasnik, Poland 23 August 1914

After nine years of service in the Bavarian Army , Hoffmann went to the Munich Art Academy in 1889 , where he became a student of Gabriel von Hackl and Wilhelm von Diez . He completed his studies there in 1895. Since 1896 he exhibited regularly in the Glass Palace . As a painter he showed himself to be a loyal Diez student and put his focus on history and military painting. Characteristic of his style were lifelike, powerful tones applied with generous, broad, but restless brushes and a light that was focused on what was happening in the center.

As an army scientist, Hoffmann drew several series on the uniform history of the Bavarian Army. In addition, as a member of the Süddeutscher Illustratorenbund, he also created numerous illustrations for school books, youth literature, history books and the flying sheets . He also made five autotypes for Karl Mays' story Die Umm ed Dschamahl , which appeared in the Regensburg Marien-Kalender in 1899 . In 1905 he was one of the winners in the competition for advertising drafts for joint advertising by Ludwig Stollwerck and Otto Henkell .

Individual evidence

^ Hofacker, Prof. Karl: Kunstgewerbeblatt 16th year, Leipzig, 1905.

literature

Bavarian Army Museum (Ingolstadt): The First World War. Contemporary paintings and graphics. Verlag Donau Kurier, Ingolstadt 1980, ISBN 3-920253-14-0 , p. 50 f.
Wolfgang Hermesmeier and Stefan Schmatz, Traumwelten, pictures on the work of Karl May, Volume 1, 2004, ISBN 978-3-7802-0166-9

Web links

Commons : Anton Hoffmann (Painter) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Anton Hoffmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Table work "The Army of the Blue King 1682-1726" on "Nec Pluribus Impar" (French website on the military history of the early modern era), there episode 23ff
Anton Hoffmann in HeidICON Illustrations of the Flying Leaves

personal data
SURNAME	Hoffmann, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, illustrator, military scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 10, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bayreuth
DATE OF DEATH	January 26, 1938
Place of death	Rothenburg ob der Tauber

[1] Hofacker, Prof. Karl: Kunstgewerbeblatt 16th year, Leipzig, 1905.