Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)

Aliases: Hans (1880) Hofmann; Hans Georg Albert Hofmann; Johann Hofmann; Johann Georg Albert Hofmann

Professions: Painter

- Hans Hofmann , 1880-1966 Gloria in Excelsis oil on canvas
Early Dawn
Hans Hofmann , 1880-1966 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A Nightly Love Song) oil on canvas
Hans Hofmann , Jardin d'Amour

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Hans Hofmann Biography

(b Weissenberg, Bavaria, 21 March 1880; d New York, 17 Feb 1966). American painter, teacher and theorist of German birth. He moved with his family to Munich in 1886 and in 1896 left home to become assistant to the director of public works of the State of Bavaria; he distinguished himself with a number of inventions, including an electromagnetic comptometer, a radar device for ships, a sensitized light bulb and a portable freezer unit for military purposes. In spite of his parents’ strong objection and their hopes for his career as a scientist, in 1898 he enrolled in the art school run by Moritz Heymann (b 1870) in Munich. Hofmann subsequently studied with a succession of teachers and was particularly influenced by Willi Schwarz (b 1889), who familiarized him with French Impressionism, a style that affected his earliest known paintings, such as Self-portrait (1902; New York, Emmerich Gal., see Goodman, 1986, p. 14).

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