Earl Hofmann

Earl Hofmann (March 11, 1928 – September 29, 1992) was a painter, sculptor, educator. Hofmann was one of Baltimore's realist artists, he was a significant part of the Baltimore art scene of the mid-20th century. Hofmann studied with and assisted Jacques Maroger at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Early life Earl Hofmann's "Jean Betty" in the St. Mary's County Governmental Center, Leonardtown, Maryland Earl Francis Hofmann was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 11, 1928. He started painting at 12 and continued to develop his interest in art throughout his teenage years. Hofmann graduated Forest Park High School. After serving in the Marines he attended Maryland Institute College of Art where he studied and assisted Jacques Maroger until Maroger's death.

Art career

In 1961, he and a group of Baltimore painters founded the Maroger Group and the Six Realists. 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. Hofmann painted and exhibited portraits, street scenes, still life, liturgical images, fantasy scenes, and murals, for individuals, commercial enterprises, churches, courthouses, and schools. The painting, "Jean Betty" is in the St. Mary's County Governmental Center.

Major works

A mural featuring Historic Saint Mary's City in a timeline from the early 17th century to the late 20th century is part of a Smithsonian collection in the St. Mary's City Visitor Center. 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.

Education career

Hofmann taught for many years at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Then he moved to Southern Maryland and from 1970s to the early 1990s, he taught at the St. Mary's College of Maryland Public Honors College in Saint Mary's City, Maryland and continued painting, drawing and sculpting.