Hans Hofmann ART FOR SALE

1880 Weissenberg, Germany - 1966 New York City. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting, art teaching.

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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. His 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". (Falk 1590). 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... Read full biography

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Persian Phantasy, 1953

Type:Painting

Year:1953

Size:23.00" x 32.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Signed and Dated

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Exhibited: “Hans Hofmann,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 20, 1990- Sept. 16, 1990; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Nov. 1990- Jan. 1991; The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, Feb. 1991- April 1991.