Untitled
Type:Painting
Year:1945
Size:17.00" x 14.00"
Medium:Gouache
Signed:Unsigned
Hans Hofmann ART FOR SALE
1880 Weissenberg, Germany - 1966 New York City. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting, art teaching.
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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
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 Blaine. Hans Hofmann was born in Weissenberg, Germany, showed a precocious interest in music and science, and had early training in mechanics whil... Read full biography
Hans Hofmann - Art for Sale (3 available)
Persian Phantasy, 1953
Type:Painting
Year:1953
Size:23.00" x 32.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
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.
Provincetown Drawing 1942
Type:Drawing
Year:1942
Size:14.00" x 16.75"
Medium:Ink
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Initialed and dated IV.26.42 HH - - Framed - - Acquired in 1989 from Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California