Gerard Hoffnung (22 March 1925 — 25 September 1959) was an artist and musician, best known for his humorous works.
Born in Berlin, and named Gerhard, he was the only child of a well-to-do Jewish couple, Hilde and Ludwig Hoffnung. In 1939, his parents left Germany for London, where he attended Highgate School, while his father went to what was then the British Mandate of Palestine to enter the family's banking business. (This temporary separation ...
more
Gerard Hoffnung (22 March 1925 — 25 September 1959) was an artist and musician, best known for his humorous works.
Born in Berlin, and named Gerhard, he was the only child of a well-to-do Jewish couple, Hilde and Ludwig Hoffnung. In 1939, his parents left Germany for London, where he attended Highgate School, while his father went to what was then the British Mandate of Palestine to enter the family's banking business. (This temporary separation became permanent as a consequence of the Second World War.)
Hoffnung died of a cerebral haemorrhage only 20 years after arriving in England but filled those two decades with considerable achievements as -- amongst other things - a cartoonist, tubist, impresario, broadcaster and public speaker, much sought after by the Oxford and Cambridge Unions.
Hoffnung published a series of books of cartoons poking gentle fun at conductors and orchestral instrumentalists. After his death, some of these were turned into a short animated film by Halas and...
less
