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Catalogue/"Collages By American Artists" October 1971

Collages By American Artists, catalogue, Art Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, October 1971
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"Murder Mystery" 1945, Art Institute of Chicago, Walter M. Campana Memorial Prize Fund, 1946.50.
"The Clown" 1956, Oil, 40"x30", Collection: Whitney Museum, NYC
"The Crowd" 1960, Paper Collage and Acrylic, 40"x30" Collection: Metropolitan Museum Of Art, NYC
"Disco" 1981, Acrylic/Canvas Collage, 60"x60", Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
"Vermilion Banner" 1982, Canvas Collage, 80"x66" Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

Public Collections

American Federation of Arts, New York, New York
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois                
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina
Elgin Academy, Elgin, Illinois
Fort Wayne Museum, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana
Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, New York
Union League Club, Chicago, Illinois
University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, Chicago, Illinois
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Notre Dame, Indiana
University of Texas, Austin, Texas
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City

Artist-in-Residence, Saint Mary's College, University of Notre Dame, IN, 1970s
Visiting Artist, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 1955-56
Visiting Artist, Maria Garetti School, Fort Portal, Uganda, 1971
Teaching in her Manhattan loft on 14th Street, circa 1980s

Teaching Grants/Artist-in-Residence

1950-53    Hull House, Chicago, IL (painting studio and ceramics)
1954-61    Visiting Artist, Ball State College, Muncie, IN
1955-56    Visiting Artist, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (Duke Foundation Grant)
1960        Oxbow School of Painting, Saugatuck, MI (seminar in painting)
1967-68    Visiting Professor, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL (Illinois Council for the Arts)
1970-71    Artist-in-Residence, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
1971        Visiting Artist, Maria Garetti School, Fort Portal, Uganda (Derance Foundation Grant)
1974        Artist-in-Residence, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
1974        Collegio Santa Maria, Sao Paolo, Brazil (Derance Foundation Grant)
1975        Artist-in-Residence, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN (Indiana Council on the Arts)
1976        State University of New York at Purchase, Purchase, NY
1978        Visiting Artist, Drew University, Madison, NJ
1979        Artist-in-Residence, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
1979        Visiting Artist, Drew University, Madison, NJ
1980        Visiting Professor, School of Art, University of Denver, Denver, CO
1980        Artist-in-Residence, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1980        Visiting Artist, Drew University, Madison, NJ
1982        Artist-in-Residence, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1984        Lecturer and Evaluator, Cooper Union, New York, NY
1984        Visiting Artist, Drew University, Madison, NJ
1985        Guest Artist, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China

Biographical Notes

Born: Carthage, Missouri June 14, 1910

Parents: Clarence W. Hoff (carpenter) and Ada A. Hayes

Second child in family of 8 (6 brothers). Childhood and early education in Tulsa Oklahoma. Summers with grandparents in the Ozarks, Missouri.

Calendar:
    1910 - 33, Tulsa, OK
    1933 - 60, Chicago, IL
    1960 - 2008, New York, NY

Education

Elementary School (Whittier) in Tulsa

High School (Tulsa Central) 1925 - 29

Tulsa University (1 1/2 years) 1930 - 31

National Academy of Art, Chicago, IL, 1934 - 35 (later affiliated with the Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago 1936 - 37

University of Chicago (Audit Class in Art History) 1941 - 44

Hull House: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture

Self-study in Europe, 1939: Holland, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece
George Buehr directed study of Serbian frescoes 1939

Oxbow School of Painting, Saugatuck, MI, 1942 - 43
Study of Lithography and Woodcut with Frances Chapin and Max Kahn

Pratt Graphics, NYC 1961 - 63

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Art Class, Tulsa Central High School, 1927
Postcard of Serbian fresco (1939)
Postcard reverse, with notes; French notation reads: "Ochrid [Serbia], Sainte Sophie, the angles in upper part of central apse, 11th Century"
Oxbow; Margo Hoff in foreground, Christine Chapin to her immediate left

"Saint in Red" (Stone Mosaic)
The Christmas Cupboard (1968), written and illustrated by Margo Hoff
"Portrait of Peter Fairweather" (1962)
"Oklahoma" (1948) commissioned by Container Corporation of America

Theater Design

Slide Projections, Southern Dancers, 1969, Southern Illinois University
Slide Projections for Carmina Burana, 1976, Theatre of St. Mary's, Notre Dame
Stage set for Roosevelt University Opera Workshop, Ravel's L'Heure Espanol
Costumes for opera, L'Heure Espanol
Dance costumes and masks for modern dance group (Francis Allis, Goodman Theatre, Chicago)
Design and execution of shadow theater figures for Shadowlight Theater of Poetry, New York, 1959 - 60
Opera costumes and stage set, Society for Contemporary Music, 1954
Stage set and costumes, Murray Louis Dance Co, Henry St. Playhouse, New York, NY

Tapestry and Rug Design

Rug design, executed by Mme. Cuttoli, Paris, for Mrs. Louis S. Hardin, Chicago
Rug design, executed by Iran Weavers for Design Associates Chicago
Tapestries (six) executed by Weavers Workshop, Ethiopia
Needlepoint, executed by Eva Hallberg, Barrington, IL

Mosaic Design and Execution

Mosaic for lobby of Delaware East Building, Chicago, 1958
Mosaic for wall in home of Owen Fairweather, Barrington, IL
Mosaic for tables in home of Owen Fairweather, Barrington, IL
Mosic, stone and cement, for garden terrace for Miss A. Foulke, NYC

Career

1944 began exhibiting at Art Institute of Chicago, and at Palmer House Galleries, Chicago, IL

1950 - 60 exhibited paintings and prints in shows around the USA; one-man show at Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, France (1955)

1960 moved permanently to New York City, became part of Banfer Gallery Group, NY

1960 - 2003 exhibited throughout the US and abroad

(Note: For a more detailed exhibition history go to "Exhibitions" via the MargoHoff.com homepage)

Publishing/Illustration

Illustrations for 3 Books (juvenile):
    Christmas House: Based on the Story of a Utah Christmas, 1966, Coach House Print Shop, by Mary
    Milner, illustrated by Margo Hoff
    Christmas Cupboard, 1968, Funk & Wagnall, written and illustrated by Margo Hoff
    Andy All Year Round: A Picture Book of Four Seasons & Five Senses, 1967, Funk & Wagnall, written by
    Eve Merriam, illustrated by Margo Hoff

Magazine:
    Kenyon Review, cover design and illustrations for three stories, 1962

Portraits

Mrs. Lawrence Dawson
Audrey Odell
Byron Harvey III
Mme. Camille Chamoun, Beirut, Lebanon
Peter Fairweather, Chicago, IL
Mrs. Owen Fairweather, Chicago, IL
Dr. Helena Gamer, University of Chicago
Sister Madelena for Madelena Hall, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
Gordon Wallace, New York, NY

Other

I.G.A.S. commission for woodcut, "Edge of the Forest," 1956
Painting, "3 Saints," reproduced as a UNICEF card
Painting, "Oklahoma" (gouache on board) for Container Corporation of America's The United States
    Series, 1948 (this image appeared as a full-page ad in Fortune, Time, and Newsweek, and was later
    reproduced in a portfolio comprised of prints of the entire States series); the original painting is now in the
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, a gift of CCA
Portfolio commission of prints for International Minerals Corp, 1963

 
Awarded honorary degree Doctor of Fine Arts by Saint Mary's College, 1969
Winner 1967 Illinois Bell Telephone Competition to design Chicago Directory cover
Awarded honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters, Drew University, 1987

Selected Awards & Prizes

Art Institute of Chicago
    Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity 1945 Armstrong Award
    1946 Campana Memorial Purchase Award
    1950 Brower Prize
    1953 Logan Medal and First Prize

Winner 1953 and 1955 Chicago Magnificent Mile Competition

Purchase Awards:
    Carnegie Institute, 1949
    The Brooklyn Museum, 1953
    The Library of Congress, 1954
    Ball State College, 1955
    Whitney Museum of American Art, 1956
    The Columbia Museum of Art, 1959
    Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1961
    3M, St Paul, MN, 1963

First Prize, 2nd Annual Chicago Artists Competition, 1961

Winner 1967 Illinois Bell Telephone Competition to design Chicago Directory cover

Awarded honorary degree Doctor of Fine Arts by Saint Mary's College, 1969

De Rance Foundation Grant 1972 and 1974

Award, Indiana Council on The Arts 1975

Winner First and Second Prizes 1976 Clinton County Mural Competition, Plattsburgh, NY

Award, New York State Council on the Arts 1976-78

Awarded honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters, Drew University, 1987

Clippings/Newspapers/October 25, 1955

Chicago Daily News, Tuesday, October 25, 1955

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Chicago Daily News, Page 28, Tuesday, October 25, 1955 (Scroll down for enlarged text, for easy reading)

Clippings/Newspapers/November 16-22, 1955

Beaux-Arts, Page 9, "Les Expositions De La Semaine," November 16-22, 1955

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Chicago Daily News, Page 30, Friday, November 25, 1955

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Chicago Sunday Tribune, December 11, 1955

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Unknown Source, 1955

   

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1955 Heart Fund

Clippings/Newspapers/May 17, 1961

The Christian Science Monitor, "The Home Forum, Wednesday, May 17, 1961

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Chicago Sun-Times, Sunday, Section 3, Page 5, October 22, 1961

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Tribune, November 12, 1961

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The Christian Science Monitor, "The Home Forum," Page C7, Monday, January 8, 1962

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Des Moines Iowa, 1963 (Note: Any edits are by the Artist) (Click on image to enlarge)

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Chicago Tribune, Sunday May 26, 1963

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The Washington Post Potomac, Cover (Pg. 1), Pg. 2, 2-Page Interior Spread, December 20, 1964

Clippings/Newspapers/May 17, 1964

Chicago Sun-Times, "Midwest Magazine," May 17, 1964 (Note: Any edits are by the Artist)

Clippings/Newspapers/February 27, 1966

The Denver Post, Empire Magazine, Page 10, February 27, 1966

Clippings/Newspapers/April 16, 1967

Chicago's American, Section 4, Pg. 13, Sunday, April 16, 1967

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Chicago Sun-Times, Thursday, February 23, 1967

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Chicago Tribune, Sunday, April 9, 1967

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Unknown Source, 1967

     
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Chicago's Fairweather-Hardin Gallery announcement, 1955. (These 31 paintings had been shown earlier the same year at the artist's one-man show at the Wildenstein Galleries in Paris, part of the prize Ms. Hoff received as winner of the Magnificent Mile Art Festival, 1955. Because of French customs regulations at the time, none of the paintings were allowed to be sold in France.)
Princess Grace attends the Monaco exhibit of ART: USA: NOW, a group exhibition which traveled throughout the world from 1962-1966. (Note: Scroll to the bottom of the page to find out more about the ART: USA tour.)
Banfer Gallery (NYC) announcement, 1966
Betty Parsons Gallery (NYC) announcement, 1981; the painting, "Disco," is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Baruch College, 1994
Corbett vs. Dempsey (Chicago) announcement, 2009

Clippings/Newspapers/February 13, 1970

The Gary Post-Tribune, Wednesday, February 13, 1970

Clippings/Newspapers/April 19, 1970

Chicago Tribune, Section 5, Sunday, April 19, 1970

Clippings/Newspapers/April 26, 1970

Now! - Chicago Today, Page 17, Sunday, April 27, 1970 (Click on image to enlarge)

Selected One-Man Shows

1955    Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, France
1955    Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1955    Saidenberg Gallery, New York, NY
1956    Barone Gallery, New York, NY
1958    Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1961    Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1962    Banfer Gallery, New York, NY
1964    Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1965    Adele Bednarz Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1966    Banfer Gallery, New York, NY
1967    Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1968    Banfer Gallery, New York, NY
1970    Moreau Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
1971    Itau Galeria, Exposicao, Sao Paolo, Brazil
1973    Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, GA
1974    Babcock Galleries, New York, NY
1974    Drew University, Madison, NJ
1974    Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1977    Moreau Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
1978    Hadler/Rodriguez Galleries, Houston, TX
1979    Hadler/Rodriquez Galleries, New York, NY
1979    Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981    Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
1982    Moreau Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
1982    Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1983    Drew University, Madison, NJ
1983    Fermilab, Batavia, IL
1985    Hadler/Rodriguez Galleries, New York, NY
1986    George Ciscle Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1986    Susanna Sheffield Gallery Exhibit, Houston, TX
1987    Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990    Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991    Alice R. Rogers Gallery, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN
1993    Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY 
2003    20/20 Gallery, New York, NY
2009    Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery, Chicago, IL

Clippings/Newspapers/October 22, 1972

Chicago Tribune, Arts & Fun, Page 14, Section 11, October 22, 1972

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The Evansville Courier, Page 20, Wednesday, March 3, 1975

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Press-Republican, Pg. 8, Thursday, June 30, 1977

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The Observer, Friday, September 16, 1977

Clippings/Newspapers/February 10, 1978

The Drew Acorn, (Student Newspaper Of The College), Vol. XLIII, No. 2, Friday, February 10, 1078

Clippings/Newspapers/April 14, 1982

Chicago Tribune, "Tempo," Section 2, April 14, 1982

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New York Times, September 14, 2008

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New York Times, September 14, 2008