biography of Margot HOFF (1912-2008)

Birth place: Tulsa, OK

Addresses: Chicago, IL; NYC

Profession: Painter, printmaker

Studied: Tulsa Univ.; AIC; Pratt Graphics Center; St. Marys College, Notre Dame (hon. D.F.A., 1969).

Exhibited: AIC; PAFA, 1947, 1960; solos: UNESCO Palace, Beirut, Lebanon, 1957, Wildenstein Gall, Paris, France, 1958, Banfer Gall, New York, 1964, 1966 & 1968, Fairweather Hardin Gal., 1964-72 (four exhibs.) & Bednarz Gal., Los Angeles, 1967; WMAA. Awards: Armstrong Prize, 1954 & Campana Award, 1955, AIC.

Member: Am. Assn. Univ. Prof.; WMAA; MoMA

Work: WMAA; Brooklyn Mus.; AIC; Krannert Mus., Univ. Illinois, Champaign; Rosenwald Found. Collection. Commissions: wall design (75 canvases), Home Fed. Bank, Chicago, 1966; "Mirror Toman" (mural), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1968; portrait of S. Fairweather, Fairweather Hardin Gal., Chicago, 1967; stage set & costumes for Murray Louis Dance Co., 1969; portrait of S. Madeleva, St. Marys College, Notre Dame, IN, 1970.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics, collage. Publications: illusr., Christmas House, Coachhouse Press, 1965; illusr., 4 Seasons & 5 Senses, 1966 & Christmas Cupboard, 1967, Funk & Wagnall. Teaching: Am. Univ., Beirut, 1956-57; Univ. So. Illinois, 1966-67; St. Marys College, Notre Dame, 1969-70; Goretti Sch., Ft. Portal, Uganda, E. Africa, 1971.

Sources: WW73; Falk, Exh. Record Series.