Louise D. Clement-Hoff

She was born to John George and Eva Adele Ulett in Philadelphia and attended William Penn High School. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Philadelphia College of Art (now known as the University of the Arts) and continued her art studies at the Tyler School of Art of Temple University, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Barnes Foundation.[1]

Clement-Hoff’s teaching career included 18 years of figure drawing classes at Woodmere Art Museum, figure drawing, still life composition and painting at Philadelphia’s Hussian School of Art; and more than 64 years of painting, sculpture and drawing at the at Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia. She also taught at the Hussian School of Art, the Woodmere Art Museum, and West Chester University.[4] At a ceremony led by Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter, the Fleisher Art Memorial selected Clement-Hoff to receive the 2015 Founder’s Award in recognition of her lasting impact on the school.[5][6] She also taught oil painting to the parents of students enrolled in Fleisher’s Saturday Young Artists Program.[7][8]

Clement-Hoff was a painter and draftsperson.[1] Several museums and galleries exhibited Clement-Hoff’s paintings throughout the Delaware Valley.[2][4] The Atlantic City Art Center hosted an exhibit of her works in oil painting, pastel, and drawing in 2000.[1] Her work also featured in the 2003 book called Speaking for Themselves: The Artists of Southeastern Pennsylvania, by Daphne Landis, where she described her work as reflecting an interest in what is "rampantly alive".[9]