Hoffnung, Gerard, 1925-1959 (Artist and Musician)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1925 - 1959
Places
- Berlin (Place of Birth)
- Germany (Place of Birth)
- London (Place of Death)
- United Kingdom (nation) (Place of Death)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File
Hoffnung, 1991 - 1994
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/6/1/21
Scope and Contents
A file containing copies of artwork, correspondence, draft and finished versions of a treatment [a written summary for a television show idea], professional headshot photographs of comedian and SIPL voice actor, Harry Enfield; press-clippings, and notes for a proposed children's television series based on the life and works of artist and musician, Gerard Hoffnung. Spitting Image Productions Limited proposed to create a series of 10-minute episodes, which would have starred Enfield as...
Dates:
1991 - 1994
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File
Hoffnung, 1994
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/6/4
Scope and Contents
A visifile containing 10 pieces of original artwork for a proposed Spitting Image Productions Limited children's television series, Hoffnung, which would have starred comedian, Harry Enfield, as the German artist and musician, Gerard Hoffnung. Most of the artwork are pen drawings, but there is one piece in pen and wash. These drawings have been done by two Spitting Image Workshop artists, David Stoten and Tim Watts (SI/1266 (A to J).
Dates:
1994
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