Ernest Hopf

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

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

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. "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. "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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