biography of Michael STOFFA (1923-2001)

Birth place: Hlinne, Czech

Addresses: Rockport, MA

Profession: Painter, lecturer

Studied: Newark School Fine & Indust. Arts, scholarship, 1942; PAFA; ASL

Exhibited: Foreign Friends of Acapulco, Hilton Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, 1969 & 1970; Greenwich Village Art Exhib., NYC, 1969 & 1970; Sullivan Parque, Mexico City, Mexico, 1969-72; North Shore AA, Gloucester, MA, 1972; North Atlantic Exhib., East Gloucester, MA, 1972. Awards: popular award, Westfield AA, 1968; Bruce Stevens Award, Greenwich Village Show, 1968.

Member: North Shore AA; Jardin de Arte, Mexico City.

Work: Commissions: portrait of J. F. Kennedy, Munic. Bldg., Clark Court House, NJ, 1964; portrait of Dr. Lozo, Edison, NJ, 1965; many other portrait commissions in Westfield, NJ area.

Comments: Preferred media: oils. Teaching: instructor of painting & still life portraits, Rahway AC & New Brunswick AC, NJ, 1959-67; also private classes in own studio, 1959-69.