Quote in: 'Hans Hofmann', (1986) by Cynthia Goodman, p. 103 - Hans Hofmann

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Quote in: 'Hans Hofmann', (1986) by Cynthia Goodman, p. 103

Hans Hofmann

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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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Space expands or contracts in the tensions and functions through which it exists. Space is not a static, inert thing. Space is alive; space is dynamic; space is imbued with movement expressed by forces and counterforces; space vibrates and resounds with color, light and form in the rhythm of life.

Through a painting, we can see the whole world.

The encompassing, creative mind recognizes no boundaries. The mind has ever brought new spheres under its control. All our experiences culminate in the perception of the universe as a whole, with man as its center.