Carl Hoeckner was born on December 19, 1883, in Munich, Germany to a family with a long line of artists. His early art education began under his father, an etcher, and flourished through formal study at art academies in cities throughout Germany and in Belgium. Hoeckner immigrated to Chicago in 1910 and followed this advice, supporting himself as an illustrator at the Armour Meat Packing Company for four years and then at Marshall Field’s until the end of World War I. His early paintings from this period are highly decorative and richly colored, such as Salome, his first picture exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1913. Hoeckner continued to show his paintings and prints at the Art Institute in group and solo shows into the mid-1930s, winning awards in 1922 and 1923 and garnering critical notice in the press. During his career, Hoeckner participated in numerous group exhibitions with the Chicago Society of Artists and Chicago Society of Etchers and showed two of his paintings at the Century of Progress Exposition in 1933. He exhibited in other major US cities: in New York with the Society of Independent Artists (1918, 1928–29) and at the National Academy of Design (1942–43), and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1921). He taught at the School of the Art Institute from 1929–43 to supplement his work as a fine artist. Through his teaching, original oil paintings, lithographs, and social activism, Hoeckner left behind an enduring legacy of the art scene in Chicago during the Depression.
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ORBITS - Large Hoeckner lithograph
By Carl Hoeckner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CARL HOECKNER (1883 – 1972) ORBITS, c. 1935 Lithograph, edition unknown but small. Image 11 3/3 \4 x 18 3/8 inches, sheet 12 3/8 x 19. In good condition aside from small margins an...
Lithograph
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Phantasy
By Carl Hoeckner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CARL HOECKNER (1883 – 1972) PHANTASY c 1935 Lithograph edition unknown, but rare. Slight glue stain upper margin. 10 ½” x 15 ¾” ...
Lithograph
$1,006
H 23.63 in W 17.72 in
La Valse Hésitation - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
By (after) René Magritte
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Numbered: 138/275 Color lithograph after the 1950 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 275. The lithograph features the dry...
Lithograph
$1,006
H 23.63 in W 17.72 in
La Page Blanche - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
By (after) René Magritte
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Numbered: 138/275 Color lithograph after the 1967 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 275. The lithograph features the dry...
Lithograph
$1,177
H 17.72 in W 23.63 in
René Magritte - LE CHEF D'OEUVRE OU... Limited Surrealism French Contemporary
By (after) René Magritte
Located in Madrid, Madrid
René Magritte - LE CHEF D'OEUVRE OU LES MYSTÈRES DE L'HORIZON, 1965 Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper Edition number: 131/275 Size: 60 x 45 cm Condition: N...
Lithograph
$11,811
H 25.4 in W 16.15 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Attack on the Windmils - Original Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Attack on the Windmils - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Atelier Mourlot. SIGNATURE : printed in the image LIMITED : 197 copies. SIZE : 64.5...
Lithograph
$1,657
H 22.84 in W 30.71 in
Le Retour - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
By (after) René Magritte
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1940 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300. The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Mag...
Lithograph
$1,177
H 23.63 in W 17.72 in D 0.08 in
RENÉ MAGRITTE L'EMPIRE DES LUMIÈRES, 1964 Limited edition Lithograph, Surrealism
By (after) René Magritte
Located in Madrid, Madrid
L'EMPIRE DES LUMIÈRES, 1964 (THE EMPIRE OF LIGHTS, 1964) Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper Edition: 275 Size: 60 x 45 cm Observations: Lithograph on BFK Ri...
Lithograph
$1,177
H 23.63 in W 17.72 in
René Magritte - LE DOMAINE D'ARNHEIM Limited Surrealism French Contemporary
By (after) René Magritte
Located in Madrid, Madrid
René Magritte - LE DOMAINE D'ARNHEIM, 1962 (THE DOMAIN OF ARNHEIM) Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper Edition number: 155/275 Size: 60 x 45 cm Condition: Ne...
Paper, Lithograph
$1,177
H 23.63 in W 17.72 in D 0.08 in
RENÉ MAGRITTE LA GRANDE FAMILLE, 1963 Limited edition Lithograph - Surrealism
By (after) René Magritte
Located in Madrid, Madrid
LA GRANDE FAMILLE, 1963 (THE LARGE FAMILY) Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper Edition: 275 Size: 60 x 45 cm Observations: Lithograph on BFK Rives paper plat...
Lithograph
$350
H 17.5 in W 14 in
Boy and Puppy Lithograph, Surrealist Style, Mid-20th Century, Unframed
Located in Belgrade, MT
Madeline Luka (French 1894-1989) was a self taught painter known for her landscapes, portraits, nudes and still lifes. She typically portrayed her family and close friends set within...
Lithograph
$1,177
H 23.63 in W 17.72 in D 0.08 in
RENÉ MAGRITTE Le Maître d'École - 1955 Limited edition Lithograph - Surrealism
By (after) René Magritte
Located in Madrid, Madrid
LE MAÎTRE D'ÉCOLE, 1955 (THE SCHOOLMASTER) Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper Edition: 275 Size: 60 x 45 cm Observations: Lithograph on BFK Rives paper plat...
Lithograph
$1,006
H 23.63 in W 17.72 in
Schéhérazade - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
By (after) René Magritte
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1950 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 275. The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Mag...
Lithograph
$2,800
H 20.25 in W 27 in D 1.25 in
Karel Appel, Miss World First Class Pretty, Lithograph Signed 85/100, Framed
By Karel Appel
Located in New York, NY
Karel Appel Miss World First Class Pretty (Deluxe hand signed edition of the 1 Cent Life Portfolio, from the estate of artist Robert Indiana), 1964 Lithograph splayed across two shee...
Lithograph
THE MOB
By Carl Hoeckner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CARL HOECKNER (1883 – 1972) THE MOB c. 1935 Lithograph, edition unknown, but small. This impression is no 18. 11 x 15 1/4”. Sheet 11 3/4 x 16 3/4. A...
Lithograph
CONFLICTS
By Carl Hoeckner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CARL HOECKNER (1883 – 1972) CONFLICTS 1930 Lithograph, edition unknown but small. This impression is no 24. 10 ½” x 15 ¾”. Some remnants of glue sta...
Lithograph