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Hans Hofmann

1880 - 1966

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Hans Hofmann (March 21, 1880 – February 17, 1966) was a German-born American painter, renowned as both an artist and teacher. His career spanned two generations and two continents, and is considered to have both preceded and influenced Abstract Expressionism. Born and educated near Munich, he was active in the early twentieth-century European avant-garde and brought a deep understanding and synthesis of Symbolism, Neo-impressionism, Fauvism, and Cubism when he emigrated to the United States in 1932. Hofmann's painting is characterized by its rigorous concern with pictorial structure and unity, spatial illusionism, and use of bold color for expressive means. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Hofmann is the 1,421st most popular painter (down from 1,224th in 2019), the 3,828th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,334th in 2019) and the 125th most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hans Hofmann ranks 1,421 out of 2,023. Before him are Mary Beale, Paul Renner, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, Pavel Filonov, Domenico Tintoretto, and Kazimierz Alchimowicz. After him are Charles de La Fosse, Julio Romero de Torres, Pavel Chistyakov, Sofia Adlersparre, Giacomo Ceruti, and John Trumbull.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Hans Hofmann ranks 130. Before him are Lipót Fejér, Dmitry Karbyshev, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, Mikheil Javakhishvili, Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, and Dezső Földes. After him are Dorothea Köring, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Tom Mix, Mirza Kuchik Khan, Ioannis Malokinis, and W. C. Fields. Among people deceased in 1966, Hans Hofmann ranks 129. Before him are Alfred Berger, Nikolay Cherkasov, Joseph A. Walker, Helen Kane, Ernest Burgess, and Courtney Hodges. After him are Dirk Brouwer, Seán T. O'Kelly, Jan Kiepura, Hedda Hopper, Stylianos Gonatas, and Alfred P. Sloan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Hofmann ranks 3,830 out of 7,253. Before him are Dorothee Sölle (1929), Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863), Martin Ohm (1792), Georg Sauerwein (1831), and Günther Schwägermann (1915). After him are Dorothea Köring (1880), Karl Groos (1861), Gunter d'Alquen (1910), Jonas Kaufmann (1969), Johann Gottfried Eichhorn (1752), and Otto von Emmich (1848).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Hans Hofmann ranks 125. Before him are Jörg Breu the Elder (1475), Edgar Ende (1901), Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler (1899), Christian Schad (1894), Georg Muche (1895), and Paul Renner (1878). After him are Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1797), Virgil Solis (1514), Ludwig Emil Grimm (1790), J. C. Leyendecker (1874), Heinrich Campendonk (1889), and Agnes Block (1629).

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