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Charles Constantine Hoffbauer (1875-1957)

Charles Hoffbauer was a gifted artist celebrated throughout America and France for his paintings, murals, and drawings. Born in Paris to American parents, Hoffbauer trained under Gustave Moreau, Francois Flameng, and Fernand Cormon and became an instant fixture in the French art world. He served on Salon juries, was awarded the coveted Legion of Honor, and won prizes from the Paris Salon, the Paris Exposition of 1900, and the Bourse de Voyage. He visited New York on a traveling scholarship in 1909, where his vibrant cityscapes brought him gallery exhibitions and mural commissions, and eventually settled in the Artist Colony on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, in 1941. His work is now in museums throughout the United States and France, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Carnegie Institute, the Luxembourg Museum, and the Museum of the City of Paris, as well as the National Gallery of Sydney, Australia.