Tom Walter Hops (1906 - 1976)

Tom Walter Hops

Tom Walter Hops was a German artist, landscape painter, mosaic artist and graphic artist.

In 1945 Tom Hops joined the Hamburg Group of Artists and became a member of the Rotary Club of Hamburg. His paintings received flattering reviews, and numerous awards confirm his success: in 1943 he received the Dürer Prize of Nuremberg, in 1959 - the Ernst Reuter Prize in Berlin, in 1960 - the Edwin Scharff Prize in Hamburg. In 1954 Tom Hops became the first Hamburg artist to have his works exhibited in a New York gallery after the war. In 1974 he was awarded the title of professor.

In addition to colorful landscapes and city views, Hops also created art in public spaces: glass mosaic windows, murals, tile stele and ceramic mosaics.