This two-way transformation proceeds from metaphysical perceptions, for metaphysics is the search for the essential nature of reality. And so artisti… - Hans Hofmann

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This two-way transformation proceeds from metaphysical perceptions, for metaphysics is the search for the essential nature of reality. And so artistic creation is the metamorphosis of the external physical aspects of a thing into a self-sustaining spiritual reality. Such is the magic act which takes place continuously in the development of a work of art. On this and only on this is creation based.

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About Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann (21 March 1880 – 17 February 1966) was one of the older abstract expressionist painters working in New York. Hofmann originally came from Germany where he experienced the new art and so he connected European with modern American abstract art. He had strong influence as an art-teacher and writer on the younger American abstract artists after 1940.

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Alternative Names: Hans Georg Albert Hofmann Johann Georg Albert Hofmann Johann Hofmann Hans Hoffman Hofmann
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People say 'Hofmann has different styles'. I have not. I have different moods; I am not two days the same man.

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