Scope and Contents This well illustrated book provides the definitive review of Hoffmeister's works and his life.According to John Vloemans (internet)" Adolf Hoffmeister was undoubtedly one of the most pittoresque figures of the intellectual and artistic scene in Prague during the interbellum. His was a restless and unconventional spirit, that could not be classified. He was born on August 15, 1902 in Prague into a well-to-do family. Adolf Hoffmeister was described as an elegant globetrotter and art connoisseur, a gourmand,who had a special bond with the magic power of his hometown Prague. He was at once a painter, caricaturist, illustrator, stage decorator, author, playwright,translator, journalist, radio reporter, professor of art, art critic, politician,diplomat, cultural ambassador and world traveller. No wonder he cannot be classified in any of the artistic schools of his country.What he carries his whole life, was his left-intellectual faith, as so many of his generation did. In October 1920 he...

Scope and Contents The work of Hoffmeister is presented in this catalogue in several phases. Following his early realistic prints and paintings in the 1920's, the artist composed line drawing cartoons of many of his contemporaries, including Man Ray, Karel Teige, Le Corbusier, Vladimir Mayakovski, and James Joyce. By the 1930's the drawings became more political in subject matter and included cartoons of an exhibition consisting of identical Hitler portraits and sculptures, Picasso painting Guernica, and Louis Aragon holding an immense flag. In the 1960's, Hoffmeister employed collage elements with drawn additions for literary illustration, for example, in the works of Jules Verne. A collage in this series, "Around the World in Eighty Days," is reproduced in this book that is held by the Sackner Archive. It depicts a scene of a parade for the election of a person named 'Kamerfield,' and uses English texts clipped from newspapers and periodicals. During this period, Hoffmeister created collages of...

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Several of the illustrations that consist of collages and drawings are also reproduced in the major Hoffmeister catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Karvus wrote the text and Hoffmeister illustrated it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book deals with Hoffmeister travel encounters around the world. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book consists of Hoffmeister's text, collages and drawings dealing with his travel through South and Central America as well as Mexico and Cuba. Caricatures of Fidel Castro, Jose Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros are depicted. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book deals with Hoffmeister's travel to China. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book consists of essays, poems, and caricatures about and contributed by Czech artists, architects, poets, and writers. It also depicts paintings by Hoffmeister from the 1910s and 1920s. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 -- 13 August 1946) was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books. Together with Jules Verne, Wells has been referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction." Wells was an outspoken socialist and sympathetic to pacifist views, although he supported the First World War once it was under way, and his later works became increasingly political and didactic. His middle-period novels (1900--1920) were less science-fictional; they covered lower-middle class life (The History of Mr Polly) and the "New Woman" and the Suffragettes (Ann Veronica).Adolf Hoffmeister provided 18 collages to illustrate this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a report of the proceedings of the World Congress for Disarmament and International Cooperation for nuclear disarmement held in July 1958 in Stockholm. Hoffmeister wrote the synopsis and provided line drawings of his impressions and the participants. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The work of Hoffmeister is presented in this catalogue, edited by Harald Olbrich, in several phases. Following his early realistic prints and paintings in the 1920's, the artist composed line drawing cartoons of many of his contemporaries, including Man Ray, Karel Teige, Le Corbusier, Vladimir Mayakovski, and James Joyce. By the 1930's the drawings became more political in subject matter and included cartoons of an exhibition consisting of identical Hitler portraits and sculptures, Picasso painting Guernica, and Louis Aragon holding an immense flag. In the 1960's, Hoffmeister employed collage elements with drawn additions for literary illustration, for example, in the works of Jules Verne. During this period, Hoffmeister created collages of landscapes and cities with incorprated texts, as well as visionary works similar to those of Jess and Max Ernst. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is a collection of travel essays by Hoffmeister in Europe and the United States in the 1930s including Hollywood and New York that is illustrated with line drawings of caricatures of people that he met. He depicts events happening in Nazi Germany including the Gestapo and the concentration camps. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book deals with Hoffmeister's travel to Egypt. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.