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During the 1950s she exhibited paintings and prints in shows around the US and in 1955 held an individual show at the
Wildenstein Galleries in Paris. In 1960 she moved to live in New York City, where her work was frequently shown in Hadler-Rodriguez Galleries, Saidenberg Gallery, Babcock Gallery,
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Margo Hoff's figurative approach was deeply inspired by her frequent trips to Mexico in the 1940s, where she witnessed the works of 1930s
Mexican painters. Married to George Buehr.
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Margo Hoff was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1912—the second oldest of eight children. Her parents were carpenter
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