Carl Hoeckner
American painter, designer, and printmaker (1883–1972)
Carl Hoeckner (1883–1972) is an American artist active in Chicago during the Great Depression.
Biography
Hoeckner was born in 1883 in Munich, Germany. In 1910 he immigrated to Chicago. His first job in the United States was as an illustrator in the advertising department of Armour and Company, a meatpacking company in Chicago. He went on to work in the advertising department of Marshall Field's department store.
Hoeckner was active in the Chicago art scene. He was a member of the Palette and Chisel Club and the American Artists' Congress. He was associated with fellow artists Ramon Shiva, Rudolph Weisenborn, and Beatrice S. Levy. In 1921 he helped organize a showing of about 300 works at the A. M. Rothschild & Company Store. In 1922 he helped found the Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists.
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