Artist of the Day, August 13, 2026 : Frank Hoppman, a German cartoon artist, illustrator (#2604)

Frank Hoppman (!975) was born in Emsland, Germany and grew up there. From 1996 to 2002 he studied design at the Münster University of Applied Sciences, specializing in drawing, illustration and printmaking. Between 1998 and 2008 he worked as a court illustrator for print and television media, among other things. His diploma thesis was entitled "Spirits lovers have many faces" and was completed in 2002.

From 2003 to 2014 Hoppmann worked as an illustrator for Rolling Stone magazine. In 2005 he met the well-known artist Tomi Ungerer for the first time. From 2005 to 2016 he regularly drew for Die Welt and Welt AM Sonntag. In 2016 he created an award-winning and internationally published portrait of Donald Trump, which appeared in the Los Angeles Times, among others

Hoppman has received numerous awards, including the World Press Cartoon Award in Lisbon, the German Cartoon Prize in Dresden and the Grand Thomas Nast Prize. Further honors came from the Art Directors Club Germany, the Society For News Design in Orlando and 3×3 magazine in New York. His works have been shown in national and international exhibitions, including the Tomi Ungerer Museum in Strasbourg, the Caricatura Museum Frankfurt, the Caricature Museum Krems, the Wilhelmshöhe Palace in Kassel, the Vejle Art Museum in Denmark, the Horst Janssen Museum in Oldenburg, the Bomann Museum in Celle and the Goethe Institute in Paris.
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Frank Hoppman

Amy Winehouse, 2007

Lucinda Williams, 2008 
Portrait of the American rock, folk, and country singer-songwriter

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 2011 
Caricature of the former French politician, economist

Jacques Chirac, 2011 
Portrait caricature of the former President of France

Helmut Schmidt, 2012 
Chancellors of Germany

Andy Warhol, 2012

Die Linke, The Left, 2012 
Political Party Satire

Peter Altmaier, 2012 
Caricature of the former German Federal Minister

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 2012 
Portrait caricature of the former President of France

Angela Merkel, 2013 
Chancellors of Germany

Konrad Adenauer, 2013 
Chancellor of Germany

Nicolas Sarkozy, 2013 
Caricature of the former President of France

Cardinal, 2014

Gerhard Schröder, 2014 
Portrait caricature of the former Chancellor of Germany

Führungskräfte, 2014-15
Executives / Management Group Illustration

Bob Dylan, 2016

Donald Trump, 2016

The Daily Fly, 2016

Turkish Justice, 2016

Kim Jong-un, 2017

Maria Furtwängler, 2017
Caricature of German actress and physician

Mark Zuckerberg, 2017

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, 2018  
Caricature portrait of the German politician and former federal minister

Jair Bolsonaro, 2020 
Political caricature of the former President of Brazil

Karl Lauterbach, 2021 
Caricature of the prominent German physician and politician

Putin, 2021

Queen Elisabeth II, 2022 
Satirical portrait 

Jack Joker, 2023

Putin, 2023

 

Artist of the Day, August 12, 2026 : Jenny Crompton, an Australian sculptor (#2603)

Concerned with the growing pressures imposed on the natural world, Australian artist Jenny Crompton creates effervescent sculptures that ignite environmental awareness and personal reflection. 

The works delve into the world of organisms and creatures, taking the viewer on an otherworldly journey through nature. Despite any hint of melancholy, her works are also celebratory. They seem to float, weightless, oranges, scarlets and crimsons bursting from webs of shell and remind us of the sheer bounteous nature of this planet. 

 But these environs she so clearly cherishes are under extreme peril. Despite the imperialistic shrugs of indifferent developers and conservatives, the world, under our own hand, is changing at a catastrophic rate. There is, accordingly, a degree of melancholy underscoring her work. 

Crompton’s creatures, with their vibrissae protuberances, extended receptors, decorative flourishes and peering eyes created an entire tribe of fantastical entities. By utilising nature as a core of their practice she lights a flare of warning and ignites a fire of recognition of the natural world. 

In 2016 Jenny won the Sculpture Trail Award and Peoples Choice Award at the Lorne Sculpture Biennale and has work in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, with exhibitions at Craft Victoria, MARS Gallery and the Biennale of Australian Art. 

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Ms. Jenny Crompton

Jenny Crompton with Sea Country Spirits

Sea Country Spirits, 2016 
installation view

Sea Country Spirits, 2016
featuring the prominent Bat and Stingray forms

Puffer Fish, 2016 
part of the 32-piece Sea Country Spirits installation

Stingray, 2016 
part of the 32-piece Sea Country Spirits installation

Eel, 2016 
part of the 32-piece Sea Country Spirits installation

Eel, 2016 
part of the 32-piece Sea Country Spirits installation

Balla-wein bloomtime, 2017
Gallery Installation View

Algae Flower, 2017 
from the Balla-wein bloomtime series

Balla-Wein Bloomtime, 2017 
view of the full room installation

Bloomtime, 2017 

Large Crab, 2017

Octopus, 2017

Plankton, 2017

Small Crab, 2017
from the Bloomtime series

Seahorse, 2017 F
From the Bloomtime series

Jellyfish, 2017
from the Balla-wein bloomtime series

Bloomtime, 2017 
featuring a central Nautilus-inspired spirit form

 Krill, 2017-18

Mosquitos, 2017-18

Moths, 2017-18

Sea Country Spirits, 2017
Ceiling Installation at 661 Chapel St, South Yarra

Phototaxis, 2018 
from the Bloomtime series

Phototaxis, 2018

Plankton I, 2018 
from the Bloomtime / Bloomtide series

Valvia, 2021

Valvia, 2021