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Hans Hofmann (German, 1880-1966)
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Hans Hofmann
Equilibrium 1948
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Hans Hofmann
The Pot 1950
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Hans Hofmann
Untitled 1942
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Hans Hofmann
Untitled circa 1942
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Biography |
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1880 |
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Born March 21 in Weissenberg, Germany |
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1896 - 1898 |
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Studied under Willi Schwarz at Moritz Heymann's Art School, Munich |
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1904 - 1906 |
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attended evening classes at the Atelier Colarossi and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris |
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1903 - 1914 |
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Lived in Paris, France |
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1915 |
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Opened first art school, Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, Munich |
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1923 |
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Married Maria Wolfegg |
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1930 |
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Taught at the University of California, Berkeley, CA (summer) |
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1931 |
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Taught at the Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA |
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1915 - 1932 |
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Founder-teacher of arts school, Schule für Moderne Kunst, Munich |
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1932 - 1933 |
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Taught at the Arts Students League, New York, NY |
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1933 |
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Founded the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, 137 East 57th Street, New York, NY |
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1933 |
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Taugth at the THurn School of Art, Cloucester, MA |
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1936 - 1938 |
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Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts at 52 West 9th Street, New York, NY |
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1941 |
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Became an American citizen |
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1958 |
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Stopped teaching |
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1964 |
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Married Renate Schmidt |
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1966 |
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Died February 17 in New York, NY |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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"1945-1949 Repartir à zéro, comme si la peinture n’avait jamais existé," Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon |
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2008 |
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"Hans Hofmann," Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA (solo)
"Hans Hoffmann: Poems & Paintings on Paper," Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art, New York City, NY (solo) |
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2007 |
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"Contemporary, Cool and Collected," Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
"Everything," Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
"Options with Realism," Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY |
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2006 |
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"Hans Hofmann," American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich (solo)
"Hans Hofmann," Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art, New York City, NY (solo) |
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2005 |
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"Hans Hofmann," Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art, New York City, NY (solo) |
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2004 |
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"Hans Hofmann," American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich (solo)
"Hans Hofmann: Selections from the Berkeley Art Museum Collection" Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA (solo)
"Hans Hofmann: Scintillating Spaces," Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA (solo) |
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2003 |
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"Hans Hofmann," Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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2002 |
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"Hans Hofmann," American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich (solo)
"Hans Hofmann," Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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2001 |
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"Hans Hofmann: Real/Life," Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA (solo) |
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2000 |
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"Hans Hoffman," American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich (solo) |
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1999 |
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"The American Years Retrospective," Residenz Galerie Salzburg," Salzburg, Austria (solo) |
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1997 |
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Hans Hofmann: Wunder des Rhythmus, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany, traveling to the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt |
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1994 |
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"New York-Provincetown: A 50s Connection" Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA |
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1988 - 1991 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1990 |
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"Hons Hofmann," The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1988 |
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Tate Gallery, London (solo) |
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1987 |
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University of Califnonia, Berkeley, CA (solo) |
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1982 - 1986 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1984 |
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American Masters, Vatican Museums and International Exhibitons Foundation, Rome, Italy |
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1980 |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo)
Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA (solo) |
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1972 - 1980 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1979 |
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"hans Hofmann as a Teacher," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1974 |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1973 |
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"Hans Hofmann: 52 Works on Paper," The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (solo) |
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1972 |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1967 - 1969 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1966 |
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Two Decades of American Painting, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
The Kootz Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1963 - 1965 |
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"Hans Hofmann," traveling exhibition in 12 museums in the USA and in Europe |
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1964 |
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Guggenheim International Award, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA |
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1960 - 1964 |
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The Kootz Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1963 |
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (solo) |
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1960 |
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Stati Uniti d‘America - Quattro Artisti Americani: Guston, Hofmann, Kline, Roszak, XXXVenice Biennale Venice, Italy |
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1960 |
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Neue Malerei: Form, Struktur, Bedeutung, Städtische Galerie, Munich, Germany |
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1958 |
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The Kootz Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1957 |
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The Kootz Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (retrospective) |
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1956 |
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The Embellished Surface, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
The Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (solo) |
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1950 - 1955 |
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The Kootz Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1954 |
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Boris Mirski Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (solo) |
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1951 |
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"Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America" The Museum of Modern Art, NYC |
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1950 |
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Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA |
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1949 |
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The Kootz Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Hofmann in Paris," Gallerie Maeght, Paris, France (solo) |
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1947 |
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Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The Kootz Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1946 |
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Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1944 |
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First Exhibition: Hans Hofmann, Art of this Century Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo) |
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1910 |
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Paul Cassirer Gallery, Berlin, Germany (first solo exhibition) |
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