Karl Weidhofer Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1920 - d. 2001

Karl Weidhofer was born in East Prussia, Germany on June 8, 1920. Weidhofer was in the German army when captured by the Russians during WWII. While imprisoned for four years, he was taught to paint by a fellow prisoner. After the war he was reunited with his family in Bavaria. He married and in 1954 moved to southern California. For many years he worked as a lab technician for Pomona Tile Company while painting in his leisure. In 1968 he became a full-time artist and began exhibiting his painings in art shows held in malls and parks in southern California and the Southwest. Weidhofer died at his home in Pine Grove, CA on Nov. 3, 2001. Best known for his desert landscapes, some of his works are signed Karl von Weidhofer.