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Hans Hofmann 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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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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| Selected 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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