Berks County Almshouse, 1878
1878 · oil on zinc
overall: 82.5 x 99.6 cm (32 1/2 x 39 3/16 in.)
framed: 97 x 114 x 5.7 cm (38 3/16 x 44 7/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Charles C. Hofmann
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The Pennsylvania Almshouse Painters were three self-taught artists; Charles C. Hofmann, Louis Mader and John Rasmussen, who are almost exclusively known for their paintings of the almshouse in Berks County, Pennsylvania, done in an early folk art style. They were all born in Germany.
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