User:Peaceray/Converting Havard citations to shortened footnotes (sfn)/Julia Christianson Hoffman
Julia Christianson Hoffman | |
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| Born | Julia Christianson 1856 Gunnison, Utah |
| Died | 1934, age 78 |
| Education | Grundmann Studios, Copley Society of Art, Boston Society of Arts and Crafts |
| Known for | arts patronage, photography, sculpture, ceramics, painting, metal work, weaving |
| Movement | Arts and Crafts |
| Spouse | Lee Hoffman |
| Children | Margery Hoffman Smith, artist L. Hawley Hoffman, executive director, Oregon Historical Society, president, Portland Art Museum, prominent contractor |
Julia Christianson Hoffman (1856-1934) was a visual artist and arts patron from Oregon who was a proponent of the Arts and Crafts movement and is primarily know for founding the Arts and Crafts Society of Portland that later became Oregon College of Art and Craft. She was a photographer, sculptor, ceramicist, painter, metal worker, and weaver.
Biography edit
Childhood and marriage edit
Julia Christianson was born in 1856 in Gunnison, Utah. As a child, she had interests in drawing, painting, and needlework. She started studying painting circa 1874 in Salt Lake City. In 1881, she moved to Portland, Oregon. That year, she met Lee Hoffman, and they married in 1883. They had two children, Lee Hawley, a son, was born in 1884 and Margery, a daughter, was born in 1888. Hoffman began photographing in 1888. Initially, many of her photographs were of her children and friends.[1]
The Boston years edit
While on a family picnic in July 1895, Lee Hoffman died in a hunting accident. Now a widow and desiring a refined education for her children, Hoffman moved the family to Boston in 1896.
She became active in the Copley Society of Art and Boston Society of Arts and Crafts.[2]
Arts and Crafts Society of Portland edit
Honors edit
- The Oregon College of Art & Craft Hoffman Gallery is named in her honor.[3]
References edit
- ^ Hopkins, Henry T.; Holland, Katherine Church (1977). Julie E. Hoffman: a Family Album. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. pp. 4–15. OCLC 560438818.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Julia Hoffman and the Arts and Crafts Society of Portland An Aesthetic Response to Industrialization". Oregon Historical Quarterly. v109 (n4): 510–535. 2008-12-01. ISSN 0030-4727. JSTOR 3739856. OCLC 5542742130, 302068691.
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External sources edit
- Rocchia, Andy (1978-01-26). "Julia Hoffman made imprint on Oregon art". Oregon Journal.
- Mershon, Helen L. (1995-02-11). "Crafty interiors: An exhibit shows rooms decorated in the Art and Crafts style". The Oregonian.