Felix Hoffmann (illustrator)

Felix Hoffmann (18 April 1911 – 16 June 1975) was a Swiss graphic designer, illustrator, and stained glass artist. He is widely regarded as one of the three defining figures of the Swiss picture book tradition in the 20th century, alongside Ernst Kreidolf and Hans Fischer.

Hoffmann illustrated more than 80 books, ranging from literary classics to children's fairy tales. His most acclaimed picture book, Joggeli wott go Birli schüttle (1963) was lauded by the Swiss National Museum in 2018 as a primary subject in the exhibition Joggeli, Pitschi, Globi, which examined the nation's cultural heritage. Its English translation A Boy Went Out to Gather Pears was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year upon release in 1966. In the field of fine press, he created the only illustrations for The Magic Mountain that were authorized by the author, Thomas Mann, prior to his death.

Hoffmann was a prolific stained glass artist for Swiss churches. His major commissions include the windows for the Bern Minster and the Stadtkirche Aarau, and frescoes and glasswork for numerous Reformed churches throughout the canton of Aargau.