15 Facts About Earl Hofmann

Earl Hofmann studied with and assisted Jacques Maroger at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Earl Francis Hofmann was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 11,1928.

Earl Hofmann started painting at 12 and continued to develop his interest in art throughout his teenage years.

Earl Hofmann was a respected teacher at Boys Latin School, the Baltimore County Public Schools, Charles County Community College, St Mary's College of Maryland, and private classes.

Earl Hofmann painted and exhibited portraits, street scenes, still life, liturgical images, fantasy scenes, and murals, for individuals, commercial enterprises, churches, courthouses, and schools.

Murals and paintings by Earl Hofmann are on display in many places in Baltimore such as, Mercy Medical Center, St Ignatius Church, St Joseph Monastery, and the Basilica of Assumption.

Earl Hofmann taught for many years at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Earl Hofmann won many art awards and became part of the New York City art scene at a young age.

Earl Hofmann won an award and representation at the Grand Central Art Galleries in 1951 in a juried competition which was judged by Edward Hopper.

Earl Hofmann was a frequent exhibitor at the Peale Museum in Baltimore, the Corcoran Gallery of Art Biennial, the Venice Biennial, the Guggenheim Traveling Exhibition, the Butler Institute of American Art, and the International Institute of Arts and Letters.

Earl Hofmann married Jean Nordstrom in 1949, and had four children in Baltimore, Maryland.

The family moved to St Mary's County, in Southern Maryland when Earl Hofmann was appointed artist-in-residence at St Mary's College of Maryland in 1971.

Earl and Jean Hofmann lived in a house and studio they built in Hollywood, Maryland, not far from Leonardtown, Maryland.

In 1992, the Earl Hofmann family started a company called Pontifex Inc.

Earl Hofmann died of lung cancer on September 29,1992, at St Mary's Hospital in Leonardtown, St Mary's County, Maryland.