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Hans Hofmann | |||
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1880 in Weissenburg, Germany Died 1966 in New York, NY |
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| Rising Sun, 1958 | ||||
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paint on canvas 60 x 72 inches Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection Gift of the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation 2002.12 |
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| Hofmann was one of the most important art teachers in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s, the years when the artistic center of the world shifted from Europe to America. We can see his theories of abstraction in the works of younger artists Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock. Hofmann’s students included painters Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Larry Rivers, and Happening artists Allen Kaprow and Red Grooms. |
