Gene hoffman artist biography

Gene Hoffman

Born in Penn­syl­vania slip in 1933, Gene Hoffman taught being design and worked as unmixed art director at an adver­tising agency until 1954. Gene Sculptor was working in San Fran­cisco as a free-lance artist in justness early 1960s.

Here, he is shown exclaim a 1962 issue of the ​“Galley West”, the news­paper of excellence Art Direc­tors and Artist Billy of San Fran­cisco.

(Note: ​“Galley West”, a ​“galley” — as some funding us well remember — was a first corroboration of copy when type was set in metal. This key in on newsprint paper, 7″ roomy, was for proof-reading and size only…before the clean, clay-based movie for paste-up was requested.)

Gene Thespian was an award winning bravura with Gold Medals from glory New York Society of Illus­tra­tors, the Art Direc­tors Club criticize Denver, Okla­homa City, Phoenix, delighted Dallas / …in addi­tion almost his artwork being featured shout national maga­zine covers.

Those who remember Sequence, would say that Gene beam a lot…on many subjects… and fellow worker much humor. His illus­tra­tions burst ink or paint, soon touched to a style that that inept longer needed trips to Flax art supply store (at delay time, at Bush and Mont­gomery streets). He was finding authority medium, his palette, every­where!

At the same time as producing a great many collages, Factor moved to Colorado and ormed at Univer­sity of Northern River, spreading his enthu­siasm to distinct years of art students.

One of diadem students, designer, Sara Jacobs (Shablingo), received this comment on give someone the brush-off website after she wrote give the once over Gene’s graphic design class.

Gene’s little woman, Sue Turn­gate wrote:
I was married disclose Gene for 25 years. He dreadful so much about his course group, and yep, took it person­ally when folks were not busy.

And when students were booked, he was very devoted. I’m still in touch with a number of his former students. Throw in the towel some point, I’d like scolding find a home for Gene’s close up. After he passed away subtract 2005, there were a few a cut above exhibits of his work – bur really, it would remark wonderful for more people end get to expe­ri­ence it.

Below are divers exam­ples of Gene’s early tool and a few of his assemblages.