Man in cowboy hat with gun on hilltop overlooking small building
Datenot dated
Artist
Frank B. Hoffman
(American illustrator, 1888–1958)
Illustration CitationDate and place of publication not identified
MediumInk and graphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 12 × 15 1/4 in. (30.5 × 38.7 cm)
Credit LineAcquired through the gift of Gertrude E. Skelly, 1993
Object number1993-53
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextFrank B. Hoffmamn began his career as a sketch artist for the Chicago American newspaper, where he later become head of the art department. In 1916, Hoffman traveled West and lived with various Indian communities, recording their lives and customs. He then joined the artists' colony in Taos, New Mexico, studying color theory. While he pursued a fine-art career, Hoffman illustrated Western themed-stories in national magazines; this drawing is probably such an illustration. He also worked in corporate advertising art. From 1940 forward, Hoffman created Western images for the major calendar company Brown and Bigelow.
George Edmund Varian
not dated
