Oscar Adolfovich Hoffmann (1851-1912) - Russian realist artist, draftsman , engraver of the late XIX - early XX centuries.
| Oscar Adolfovich Hoffmann | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1851 |
| Place of Birth | Dorpt , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | 1912 |
| A place of death | St. Petersburg |
| Nationality |  Russian empire |
| Genre | |
| Study | Dusseldorf Academy of Arts |
| Ranks | Honorary Free Communist of the Imperial Academy of Arts |
Biography
Estonian by birth. Was born in. Dorpat (now Tartu , Estonia ). In 1872-1877 he studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts with E. Gebhardt and E. Dücker , then in the late 1870s - in Paris in the studio of F. Cormon .
Until 1882 he worked in Düsseldorf , where he was a member of the Düsseldorf Society of Aquafortists . Since 1883 he lived and worked in St. Petersburg . Since 1884 - an honorary free associate of the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.
He participated in exhibitions since 1884. He is an active participant in exhibitions of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1884, 1887, 1888, 1890-1892, 1894, 1897), the Society of Russian Watercolorists (16th - 1896, 22nd - 1900, St. Petersburg), St. Petersburg Society of Artists, Autumn in St. Petersburg - Petrograd 1911 and 1914, as well as the World Exhibitions in Antwerp (1885), Berlin (1886), Paris (1889), the international exhibition in Vienna.
Creativity
The author of numerous drawings and prints. Landscape painter , marine painter , genre painter (one of the best genre group compositions in Estonian art of the 20th century), portrait painter . Great draftsman. He wrote in a free manner, preferred brown tones. He often visited his native land, created many paintings dedicated to the nature of the Baltic provinces, the life and life of the Estonian peasantry. Since 1880 he was engaged in engraving with “ strong vodka ”, created a series of easel etchings of the European level.
Posthumous exhibitions of his works took place in Tallinn (1954) and Riga (1955).
O. Hoffmann's paintings are stored in museums in Germany, England, Holland, as well as in the State Russian Museum and other large Russian museums, in particular, the Omsk Museum of Fine Arts . The most complete collection of paintings, etchings and drawings by Hoffmann is possessed by the Estonian Art Museum in Tallinn and the Art Museum of Latvia .