Carl Hoff, also known as Karl Heinrich Hoff the Elder, was a German painter, lithographer, and graphic artist. Born in Düsseldorf on August 17, 1866, he worked as a portraitist and landscape painter. He died in Feldberg (Schwarzwald) on January 1, 1904, following an accident.
Hoff primarily engaged in genre painting, with a particular focus on depicting 18th-century period scenes. His work garnered attention, leading Russian art critic Andrey Somov to characterize him as "one of the best modern German genre painters" in the late 19th century.
