William Hofmann

William Hofmann (born 30 March 1968) was an American artist celebrated for his artistic portrayals of the Pacific coastlines and the landscapes of the American West. Hoffman, a self-taught artist, embraced painting later in life after his first visit to a gallery. Initially focusing on detailed seascapes capturing tranquil coastal moments, he later transitioned to Western themes. Hoffman passed away in 1995 in Big Bear Lake, CA.[1]

Books

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The works he illustrated include:

  • The First Easter (1959) by Peter Marshall
  • Five World Biographies (1961) edited by Leon Edel, Elizabeth S. White, Madolyn W. Brown
  • Four English Biographies Harcourt Brace & World, Inc, (1961) by J. B. Priestley, and O. B. Davis
  • The Blue of Capricorn (1962) by Eugene Burdick
  • Indian Uprising, Houghton Mifflin (1962) by George Cory Franklin
  • The Last Portage: The Biography of a Man Caught Between Two Worlds of the Frontier—Born a White, Raised an Indian]] (1962) by Walter O'Meara
  • Hero of Trafalgar: the Story of Lord Nelson (1963) by A.B.C. Whipple
  • Backtrack (1965) by Milton Lott
  • Time Was, Folkways Press (1965) by John Foster West
  • Phaëthon (1966) by Merrill Pollack
  • Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths (1966) by Bernard Evslin
  • Poems to Remember, Macmillan Company (1967) by Dorothy Petitt. Trade Paperback.

Dust jackets

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He also illustrated the dust jackets of:

  • Kings Will Be Tyrants (1959) by Ward Hawkins
  • The Last Portage: The Biography of a Man Caught Between Two Worlds of the Frontier—Born a White, Raised an Indian (1962) by Walter O'Meara
  • The Levantines, Houghton Mifflin (1963) by Fausta Cialente, Isabel Quigly (trans.)
  • Backtrack (1965), by Milton Lott
  • The Mountbattens - The Last Royal Success Story, Random House (1965) by Alden Hatch
  • Avalon, Hodder and Stoughton (1966) by Anya Seton
  • World in a Glass - A View of Our Century From the Novels of John Dos Passos, Houghton Mifflin (1966) by John Dos Passos
  • A Tract of Time (1966) by Smith Hempstone
  • Jubilee (1966) by Margaret Walker
  • Earth Abides Houghton Mifflin (1969) by George R. Stewart
  • Operation Destruct, Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1969) by Christopher Nicole
  • Logan's Run, Dell paperback (1969) by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson
  • Where the Cavern Ends, Holt Rinehart & Winston (1970) by Christopher Nicole (ISBN 9780030851155)

References

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Notes

  1. ^ Artnet Worldwide Corporation (5 August 2024). "William Hoffman". artnet. Retrieved 5 August 2024.