03/21/2023
On this day in 1880, the late, great Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) was born in Weissenburg in Bayern, Germany. Hofmann is one of the most important figures of postwar American art. Celebrated for his exuberant, color-filled canvases, and renowned as an influential teacher for generations of artists—first in his native Germany, then in New York and Provincetown Hofmann played a pivotal role in the development of Abstract Expressionism.
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Hans Hofmann
White Expansion, 1954
Oil on canvas
48 x 74 inches
Hans Hofmann
Rendezvous, 1944
Oil on panel
30 1/2 x 41 inches
Hans Hofmann
Untitled, c. 1935
Ink on paper
8 1/2 x 11 inches
Hans Hofmann
Untitled (Along Moors Road), c. 1935
Ink on paper
8 1/2 x 11 inches
Hans Hofmann
Untitled, c. 1935
Ink on paper
8 1/2 x 11 inches
Hans Hofmann
Untitled, c. 1935
Ink on paper
8 1/2 x 11 inches