Name: Charles C. Hofmann’s Paintings Along the Schuylkill River; Lecture by Christopher Malone
Start: 2024-11-19T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-19T20:00:00-05:00
Location: St Luke's, 200 W. Main St., Trappe, PA 19426

$Charles C. Hofmann\u2019s Paintings Along the Schuylkill River; Lecture by Christopher Malone$

In this free public lecture, our curator Christopher Malone will step between the brush strokes to reveal the troubled but vibrant world of German immigrant, almshouse inmate, and itinerant painter Charles C. Hofmann. The changing landscapes in Hofmann’s almshouse paintings parallel his transient life along the Schuylkill River. From town to town, new architectural styles and industries appeared, showcasing the progress of American life after the Civil War. Hofmann’s paintings were filled with genteel people, farmers, and obedient workers, but his work often hid the sick and poverty stricken individuals who inhabited the almshouses in Schuylkill, Berks, and Montgomery counties. Hofmann often left the despair and poor conditions within these establishments to the viewer’s imagination. His contributions to American folk art are important and his body of work documents many significant Pennsylvania sites and landscapes that no longer exist.
Free and open to the public, the lectures will be held at St. Luke's, 200 W. Main Street, Trappe, PA 19426. Light refreshments will be served.