Carl Thomas Hoppe (American, 1897-1981). Cactus on the Ranch. Oil on Masonite. 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm). Signed l...

Description

Carl Thomas Hoppe (American, 1897-1981)
Cactus on the Ranch
Oil on Masonite
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower right: C. Hoppe

Property from the collection of John L. Nau, III, Houston

PROVENANCE:
David Dike Fine Art, Dallas, February 21, 1998, lot 210;
Private collection, New Orleans, Louisiana;
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, November 2, 2019, lot 75008;
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2019.

EXHIBITED:
National Invitational Western Art Show, San Antonio, February, 1972;
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas, "Carl T. Hoppe: The Studio Collection," 1997, no. 34.

Carl Hoppe was a student of José Arpa who began painting en plein air with Arpa in Bandera in 1926. He continued to paint central and south Texas landscapes after his mentor returned to Spain. A very prolific artist, Hoppe became an important member of the Coppini Academy in San Antonio, exhibiting annually with that group through the 1950s and 1960s.


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