'Excerpts from the Teaching of Hans Hofmann', p. 64
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Hans Hofmann
Geburtstag: 21. März 1880
Todesdatum: 17. Februar 1966
Johann Georg Albert Hofmann war ein deutsch-US-amerikanischer Maler, Lehrer und Kunstprofessor, der in seinen frühen Werken eine Synthese aus Fauvismus und Kubismus anstrebte. Nach seiner Emigration in die Vereinigten Staaten gründete er in New York eine Kunstschule, die großen Einfluss auf die Entwicklung des Abstrakten Expressionismus hatte. Hofmann gilt als Künstler der ersten Generation der sogenannten New York School. Wikipedia
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„Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.“
Quote in: 'Hans Hofmann' by Cynthia Goodman, in Portfolio (January - February 1981), p. 47
1970s and later
„The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.“
As quoted in Zen and the Art of Stand-up Comedy (1998) by Jay Sankey
1970s and later
As quoted in Hans Hofmann (1963) by William Chapin Seitz, p. 15
1960s
Statement of April 1950, as quoted in Hans Hofmann (1998), ed. Helmut Friedel and Tina Dickey
1950s
1960s
Quelle: Hofmann, in Ashton, (1960's) Twetieth Century Artists on Art, 218
Quote from 'Artists' Session at Studio 35', (1950); as cited in Abstract Expressionism Creators and Critics (1990), ed. Clifford Ross, p. 225 <!-- Abrams Publishers New York -->
1950s
As quoted in Abstract Expressionist Painting in America (1983) by W.C, Seitz, p. 88
1970s and later
As quoted in The Artist's Voice : Talks With Seventeen Modern Artists (1962) by Katharine Kuh, p. 118
1960s
'Excerpts from the Teaching of Hans Hofmann', p. 61
Search for the Real and Other Essays (1948)
'Excerpts from the Teaching of Hans Hofmann', p. 68
Search for the Real and Other Essays (1948)
Quote in: 'Hans Hofmann', Elizabeth Pollet, (interview of his 1957 Whitney Museum exhibition), Arts Magazine, May 1957 (article: 30-33)
1950s
'Search for the Real in the Visual Arts', p. 40-46
Search for the Real and Other Essays (1948)
'Excerpts from the Teaching of Hans Hofmann', p. 61
Search for the Real and Other Essays (1948)
'Search for the Real in the Visual Arts', p. 54
Search for the Real and Other Essays (1948)
'Painting and Culture' p. 56
Search for the Real and Other Essays (1948)
'Painting and Culture' p. 57
Search for the Real and Other Essays (1948)
'Excerpts from the Teaching of Hans Hofmann', p. 61
Search for the Real and Other Essays (1948)