Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1960) worked as a painter, decorator, cartoonist, and illustrator in France and Quebec throughout the first half of the 20th century. He examined contemporary events and subjects in his work as well as explored the limits of his imagination. Hoffmann is known for his theatrical paintings as well as his satirical prints. Hoffmann was born in Paris and was educated there at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian. After the war he worked between 1918 and 1921 together with his friend Charles Schneider, for whose glass factory he decorated vases with delicate plant, flower and animal motifs inspired by the Art Nouveau style. At the time, he also worked for the Sèvres porcelain factory, designed posters and painted two large murals in Quebec, teaching at the academy there between 1924 and 1926. He painted narrative genre scenes, often with a humorous undertone, but also representations of wonderful underwater worlds populated by nereids and strange creatures. He translated themes from literature, poetry and the Bible into performances full of emotion and deals with themes that, surprisingly, are still topical. He wrote educational books for elementary school art, created cartoons, murals, painted altarpieces, illustrated books, and caricatures, for example, of the pompous French judiciary. Hoffmann died in Metz in 1977, aged 95.
1950s Realist Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper, Lithograph
2010s Realist Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Realist Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
19th Century Modern Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Lithograph
1910s Art Deco Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil, Etching
20th Century Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Woodcut, Watercolor
1970s Pop Art Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Lithograph, Paper, Watercolor
2010s Realist Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Realist Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Gold Leaf
1960s Pop Art Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache, Offset
1840s Conceptual Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Lithograph
18th Century Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Mezzotint
19th Century Modern Gaston Hoffmann Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Lithograph, Paper