Hans Hofmann (March 21, 1880 – February 17, 1966) was a German abstract expressionist painter. He was born in Weißenburg, Bavaria on March 21, 1880 the son of Theodor and Franziska Hofmann. In 1932 he immigrated to the United States, where he resided until the end of his life.
Hofmann's work is distinguished by "a rigorous concern with pictorial structure, spatial illusion, and color relationships." Hofmann believed that abstract art was a way to get at what was really important. He famously stated that "the ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."
André Derain, Art, Artists, Ben Nicholson, Bridget Riley, Francis Cadell, Francis Picabia, Geoff Bunn, George Grosz, Hans Hofmann, Henri Matisse, Hopper, Joseph Beuys, Kirchner, L S Lowry, Modigliani and many more artists besides...
ReplyDelete