William Hofmann

William Hofmann (born 30 March 1968) was an American artist celebrated for his artistic portrayals of the Pacific coastlines and the landscapes of the American West. Hoffman, a self-taught artist, embraced painting later in life after his first visit to a gallery. Initially focusing on detailed seascapes capturing tranquil coastal moments, he later transitioned to Western themes. Hoffman passed away in 1995 in Big Bear Lake, CA.

Books

The works he illustrated include:

• The First Easter (1959) by Peter Marshall
• Five World Biographies (1961) edited by Leon Edel, Elizabeth S. White, Madolyn W. Brown
• Four English Biographies Harcourt Brace & World, Inc, (1961) by J. B. Priestley, and O. B. Davis
• The Blue of Capricorn (1962) by Eugene Burdick
• Indian Uprising, Houghton Mifflin (1962) by George Cory Franklin
• The Last Portage: The Biography of a Man Caught Between Two Worlds of the Frontier—Born a White, Raised an Indian]] (1962) by Walter O'Meara
• Hero of Trafalgar: the Story of Lord Nelson (1963) by A.B.C. Whipple
• Backtrack (1965) by Milton Lott
• Time Was, Folkways Press (1965) by John Foster West
• Phaëthon (1966) by Merrill Pollack
• Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths (1966) by Bernard Evslin
• Poems to Remember, Macmillan Company (1967) by Dorothy Petitt. Trade Paperback.

Dust jackets

He also illustrated the dust jackets of:

• Kings Will Be Tyrants (1959) by Ward Hawkins
• The Last Portage: The Biography of a Man Caught Between Two Worlds of the Frontier—Born a White, Raised an Indian (1962) by Walter O'Meara
• The Levantines, Houghton Mifflin (1963) by Fausta Cialente, Isabel Quigly (trans.)
• Backtrack (1965), by Milton Lott
• The Mountbattens - The Last Royal Success Story, Random House (1965) by Alden Hatch
• Avalon, Hodder and Stoughton (1966) by Anya Seton
• World in a Glass - A View of Our Century From the Novels of John Dos Passos, Houghton Mifflin (1966) by John Dos Passos
• A Tract of Time (1966) by Smith Hempstone
• Jubilee (1966) by Margaret Walker
• Earth Abides Houghton Mifflin (1969) by George R. Stewart
• Operation Destruct, Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1969) by Christopher Nicole
• Logan's Run, Dell paperback (1969) by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson
• Where the Cavern Ends, Holt Rinehart & Winston (1970) by Christopher Nicole (ISBN 9780030851155)

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