Hans Hofmann Art
German, 1897-1957
The only artist of the New York school to participate directly in European modernism, Hans Hofmann became known as the major exponent of Abstract Expressionism.
Hans Hofmann paintings are known for their manic, exuberant energy. Among 20th-century masters, he was the first to consolidate and codify the lessons of modernism into a teaching system. Hofmann was also a widely influential art instructor with schools in New York City and Provincetown, Massachusetts. He was described by New York Times critic Clement Greenberg as "the most important teacher of our time" (Peter Falk, Who Was Who in American Art). Approximately six-thousand students studied modernist art with him, among the well-known names are Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Wolf Kahn, Larry Rivers and Nell Blaine.
Hofmann was born in Weissenberg, Germany, showed a precocious interest in music and science, and had early training in mechanics while working for the Director of Public Works of Bavaria between 1896 and 1898. On that job, he invented the electromagnetic comptometer, the precursor of the adding machine.
Hofmann began to study art in 1898 in Munich where he was introduced to Impressionism. From 1904 to 1914, he studied in Paris and was exposed to many of the avant-garde artists and movements of that time including Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism. He was much taken with the exploration of pure color for its own sake, especially as investigated by Picasso, Braque, Matisse, and Delaunay. In Munich at the outbreak of World War I, he founded an art school and was highly successful until 1932 when he emigrated to America, having spent the summers in 1930 and 1931 teaching at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1932, he began teaching at the Arts Students League in New York and the following year opened his own schools in New York and Provincetown, Massachusetts.
During the 1930s and 1940s, American Scene painting was prevalent, but Hofmann resisted that style, staying with the modernism to which he had been exposed in Europe. Hence he was later credited as a courageous pioneer in America of European modern art. He closed both of his schools in 1958 so he could devote himself full time to his own painting. He died in New York City in 1966.
Hofmann said he always based his paintings on the subject of nature, and he used vivid colors such as bright blues, greens oranges and yellows and applied them with palette knives in long slashing strokes. He viewed the surface of the canvas as alive, responsive, and active, often with opposing forces which he created with his theory of "push and pull," and which is closely tied to theories of Paul Cezanne. He also experimented with dripping paint onto the canvas, a method Jackson Pollock learned and later made famous.
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Fruit Bowl No. 1
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Fruit Bowl No. 1" is an abstact still-life Post War oil on canvas painting by Hans Hofmann in 1949. The artwork is 29 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches and with the frame is 38 1/8 x 46 1/8 x 3 1...
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20th Century Post-War Hans Hofmann Art
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Canvas, Oil
Landscape No. 108
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Landscape No. 108" is an abstract Post War oil on panel painting by Hans Hofmann in 1941. The artwork is 23 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches and with the frame is 31 1/8 x 37 1/8 x 2 5/8 inches,...
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20th Century Post-War Hans Hofmann Art
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Oil, Panel
Baal
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Baal (M-1128)" is an abstract Post War oil on canvas painting by Hans Hofmann in 1947. The artwork is 59 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches and with the frame is 68 x 56 x 3 1/8 inches, weighing l...
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20th Century Post-War Hans Hofmann Art
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Canvas, Oil
Song of Love
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Song of Love" is an abstract Post-War oil painting on canvas created by Hans Hofmann in 1952. The artwork is 36.25 x 48.25 inches and is 45.25 x 57.25 x 2 inches with the frame, weighing less than 50 lbs. It is signed on the lower right, "Hans Hofmann" and also signed verso, "Hans Hofmann".
Hofmann's art is characterized by its expressive use of color planes, often overlapping and intersecting to create a sense of tension and harmony simultaneously. With the delicate mark-making and use of negative space across the canvas, “Song of Love” is reminiscent of the automatic drawings and paintings of Surrealists Andre Masson and Joan Miró, blended with the drips of paint in the large blue swaths of the Abstract Expressionist style.
Provenance:
The Artist, 1952-1958
Collection Harvey Kaplan, Chicago,1958-1962
Michael Reese...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Hans Hofmann Art
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Oil
Untitled
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) was a pre-eminent figure of postwar American art and one of the most important artists (and instructors) of the 20th century. Born in Germany, Hofmann immigr...
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1940s Abstract Hans Hofmann Art
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Hans Hofmann at Andre Emmerich, scarce early 1970s Abstract Expressionist poster
By Hans Hofmann
Located in New York, NY
Hans Hofmann
Hans Hofmann at Andre Emmerich Gallery Poster, 1973
Offset lithograph poster
Plate signed on the bottom right front
Frame Included (held in original vintage metal frame)...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Hans Hofmann Art
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Astral Image No. 1
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Astral Image No. 1 (M-1133)" is an abstract Post War oil on canvas painting by Hans Hofmann in 1947. The artwork is 48 x 60 inches and with the frame is 50 x 62 x 1 3/4 inches, weig...
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20th Century Post-War Hans Hofmann Art
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Canvas, Oil
"Untitled" Hans Hofmann, circa 1943 Navy Blue Olive Green Early Abstract Work
By Hans Hofmann
Located in New York, NY
Hans Hofmann
Untitled, circa 1943
Signed lower right
Oil and watercolor on paper
22 1/4 x 30 3/4 inches
The only artist of the New York school to participate directly in European m...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Hans Hofmann Art
Materials
Paper, Oil, Watercolor
The Zoo
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"The Zoo" is an abstract Post War oil on panel painting by Hans Hofmann in 1944. The artwork is 21 3/8 x 24 1/2 inches and, with the frame, is 22 1/4 x 25 1/2 x 2 inches.
"The Zoo...
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20th Century Post-War Hans Hofmann Art
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Oil, Panel
The Indian
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"The Indian" is an abrtsact Post War mixed media on paper work by Han Hofmann in 1944. The artwork is 22 x 15 inches and, with the frame, is 29 1/4 x 22 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches, weighing ...
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20th Century Post-War Hans Hofmann Art
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Paper, Mixed Media
Vtg Signed Hans Hofmann Exhibition Lithograph Poster Ltd Ed 250 Emmerich Gallery
By Hans Hofmann
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Vintage Original Hans Hofmann "Exabundantia, 1964” Signed Emmerich Gallery, New York. Exhibition Lithograph Poster. 1980 Framed.
Limited Edition of 250.
This Centennial Exhibiti...
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans Hofmann Art
Materials
Metal
1967 original exhibition poster for Hans Hofmann's at the André Emmerich Gallery
By Hans Hofmann
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1967 original exhibition poster for Hans Hofmann's at the André Emmerich Gallery in New York is a vibrant and captivating visual representation of the renowned artist's abstract ...
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1960s Hans Hofmann Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
original lithograph
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1950 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...
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1950s Hans Hofmann Art
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70s XL Original Hans Hofmann Exhibition Lithograph Poster Emmerich Gallery NYC
By Hans Hofmann
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Very Rare, Sensational, Oversized, and Vibrant.
This Original 1974 Hans Hofmann Exhibition Lithograph Poster was created for his retrospective at the world renowned Andre Emmeric...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hans Hofmann Art
Materials
Paper
Untitled
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is an oil on canvas painting made by Hans Hofmann in 1962. The artwork size is 25 x 30 1/4 inches. The framed size is 33 1/4 x 38 1/4 x 2 inches. The painting is signed lo...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Hans Hofmann Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Works On Paper - Poster - Hans Hofmann -
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Monogrammed in print
In great condition
On light cardboard
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1980s Hans Hofmann Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Works On Paper - Poster - Hans Hofmann
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Monogrammed in print
In great condition
On light cardboard
Category
1980s Hans Hofmann Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Works On Paper - Poster - Hans Hofmann
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Monogrammed in print
In great condition
On light cardboard
Category
1980s Hans Hofmann Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Works On Paper - Poster - Hans Hofmann -
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Monogrammed in print
In great condition
On light cardboard
Category
1980s Hans Hofmann Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
HANS HOFMANN Provincetown Drawing - Pen & Ink - 1942 - Massachusetts
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Title: "Provincetown Drawing"
Medium: pen and ink on paper
Dimensions: 14 x 16 3/4 inches
Signed: Initialed and dated 1942
Provenance: Manny Silverman Gallery...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Hans Hofmann Art
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Untitled
By Hans Hofmann
Located in New York, NY
Color crayons and ink on white wove paper. Initialed and dated "VI . 24 . 43" in ink, lower right recto, and annotated and dated in ink, verso.
This work is registered in the record...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Hans Hofmann Art
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Crayon, Ink
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