Harry Leslie Hoffman (1874-1966) - 20th Century Oil A Winter's Walk

Description

A charming early 20th Century oil scene showing a mother and two children playing in the snow with their dog with a little wooden house in the distance. The artist has signed to the lower left corner and the painting has been presented in a white frame with gilt slip. On board.

Condition

Some surface dirt. The frame has some scuffing and light chipping around the edges.

Size

34.7 x 26.5cm (13.7" x 10.4")
Framed Size: 41.6 x 33cm (16.4" x 13")

Artist Biography

Harry Leslie Hoffman (1871–1964) was an American Impressionist painter best known for his brightly colored paintings of underwater marine life.
Harry Leslie Morris Hoffman was born in Cressona, Pennsylvania. He then moved to New York, where he continued his training at the Art Students' League with Frank DuMond. He also spent time in Paris studying at the Académie Julian.
In the summer of 1902, Hoffman went to Old Lyme, Connecticut, to study at the Lyme Summer School of Art. Old Lyme was then a center of American Impressionism and known for its art colony. Three years later, Hoffman settled in Old Lyme, which remained his home until his death.
In 1910, he married fellow artist Beatrice Pope; they had one child. Hoffman died at 92, the longest-lived of the Old Lyme colony of Impressionists.
Early in his career, Hoffman focused on Impressionist landscapes, plein air figure studies, street scenes, and still lifes. His style was most strongly influenced by the work of fellow Old Lyme painter Willard Metcalf, though his color palette was brighter and his brushwork looser.
Hoffman was a member of many art organizations, including the Salmagundi Club and the New York Watercolor Club. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1930. He won a gold medal at the Panama Pacific Exposition in 1915. His work is held by museums throughout the United States.