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.

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.

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.

This collage is not depicted in the Adolf Hoffmeister 1902-1973 edited by Karel Srp. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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.

This story deals with Hoffmeister's escape from Prague after the Nazi invasion. It then recounts his experiences in the American army and finally his return to Prague after the end of WWII. The cover was designed by Karel Teige after a drawing in the book by Hoffmeister. The illustrations in the book are mainly cartoon-like line drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Mentions that Hoffmeister (1902-1973) fled from Czechoslovakia in 1939 to USA and after WWII became Ambassador to France from 1948-1951 and subsequently Professor of Art at the Prague Art Academy. His work overlaps the border of Art and spreads into cartoon, advertising and related fields. "He was the first artist to use typography as a total compositional medium regardless of the meaning of the actual words, concentrating on the purely visual image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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