Louis Hoppe was a folk artist who worked in Texas during the American Civil War years.Cecilia Steinfeldt. 1993. Art for History's Sake: The Texas Collection of the Witte Museum. Austin: Texas State Historical Association. pp. 131-134. Details of his life are nearly nonexistent; he is known by his works, four watercolor paintings, three of which are scenes in Colorado County, Texas.John and Deborah Powers. 2000. Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists, A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942. Austin, Tex.: Woodmont Books. p. 606. Among the few things known about Hoppe's background are that he was of German descent and that he worked as a laborer at one of the farms depicted in his paintings. All of his known works are held by the San Antonio Museum of Art.Paula and Michael R. Grauer. 1999. Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945. College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M University Press. p. 240.
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