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11/19/15 Created by G. Villalobos
Hans Hofmann
Artist/Teacher/Art TheoristAbstract Expressionist
11/19/15 Created by G. Villalobos
Vocabulary to Know
• Realistic Art:o Art created with life-like
representationo Can be landscapes, still-life,
portraits, etc.
• Abstract Art:o Began in 1911 with Russian artist,
Wassily Kandinskyo Painting or sculpture that does not
depict a person, place, or thingo Based on what you see
• Color, shapes, brushstrokes, size, scale, and in some cases, the process (action) of painting
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Basket of Fruit, 1599, Oil on canvas
Wassily Kandinsky, Blue Segment, 1921, Oil on canvas
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Vocabulary to Know• Geometric Abstraction:
o Form of abstract art using geometric forms
o Sometimes placed in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-representational compositions
• Abstract Expressionism:o Painting style that began after
World War II until the early 1960s
o Non-representationalo Mainly improvisational
Robert Delaunay, La Premier Disque, 1912-1913, Oil on canvas
Hans Hofmann, Out of This World, 1945, Gouache on paper
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Abstract Expressionism
• Movement in American painting that flourished in New York City after World War II
• Artist used abstraction to convey strong emotional or expressive content
• Known for large-scale paintings and using non-traditional materials such as house paint
Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942-1943, oil on canvas
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Biography
• German-American painter• Teacher• Art theorist• Born: March 21, 1880
o Weissenberg, Bavaria, Germany
• Died: February 17, 1966o New York City, NY, USA
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New YorkGermany
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Important Dates:• 1898 – Studied at
Moritz Heymann’s Art School in Municho Introduced to
Impressionism and Pointillism
• 1904-1910 – Traveled to France to continue studyingo Meets Henri Matisse,
Pablo Picasso, Robert Delaunay, Georges Braque
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• 1915 – Opened the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts
• 1932 – Settles in New York
• 1933 – Opened Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts in Manhattan
• 1942 – Becomes American citizen
Important Dates:
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1956 – Designed mosaic mural for the lobby of the new William Kaufmann Building in New York
Important Dates:
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Important Dates:• 1958 – Ended career
as a teacher• 1960 – Represented
the US at the Venice Biennale
• 1964 – Awarded honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree from the University of California
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Hans Hofmann the Artist
• Late into Hofmann’s careero His reputation as an artist began to catch up with his reputation as a
teacher
What is the Push-and-Pull Theory?
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• Push-and-Pull Theory developed by Hans Hofmann
• Color and form can create spatial depth and movement in a pictureo Warm colors: moves forwardo Cool colors: moves backwards
• Forms and colors reacting to one another create a visual back and forth in space
Hans Hofmann, Cathedral, 1959, Oil on canvas
http://www.pbs.org/hanshofmann/
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