Carl Thomas Hoppe (1897-1981) was a San Antonio artist who developed a distinctive impressionistic style in the painting of South Texas landscapes. A son of German immigrants,  Hoppe began painting en plein air as a student of the great Jose Arpa in the 1920s. He was a member of the Coppini Academy in San Antonio and exhibited widely in the 1950s and 1960s.

Today Hoppe's paintings are sought and sold by leading Texas galleries such as David Dike Fine Art (Dallas) and William Reaves / Sarah Foltz Fine Art (Houston). Some 93 of his pieces have sold at auction, at an average price of $1,362.

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Askart.com (accessed June 7, 2016)

Heritage Auctions