Hans Hofmann
American · 1880–1966 · Painter, Draughtsman
Hans Hofmann 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… (Wikipedia)
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In Upper RegionsPhillips · $2,571,000≈ £2,068,716≈ €2,443,220Sign up to see
Orchestral Dominance in GreenPhillips · $2,405,000≈ £1,527,663≈ €1,930,796Sign up to see
Aquatic GardenPhillips · $975,000≈ £738,692≈ €828,307Sign up to see
Hans Hofmann’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
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- The Secret Source, 1941$225,000≈ £173,384≈ €199,186Sign up free to see
- The Serpent, 1950$37,500≈ £28,897≈ €33,198Sign up free to see
- Wicker Chair No. II, 1942$495,000≈ £367,211≈ €420,061Sign up free to see
- Composition in Blue, 1952$2,300≈ £1,647≈ €1,869Sign up free to see
- The Artist 7, 1946$18,750≈ £13,573≈ €15,351Sign up free to see
- Untitled, 1945$22,500≈ £16,288≈ €18,421Sign up free to see
- Untitled, 1944$10,625≈ £7,691≈ €8,699Sign up free to see
- Aquatic Garden, 1960$975,000≈ £738,692≈ €828,307Sign up free to see
- On the Pier, 1936$62,500≈ £47,977≈ €55,699Sign up free to see
- Green Pasture, 1963€172,800≈ $183,375≈ £121,441Sign up free to see
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Lots by Hans Hofmann that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
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About Hans Hofmann
Hans Hofmann 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. The influential critic Clement Greenberg considered Hofmann's first New York solo show at Peggy Guggenheim’s Art of This Century in 1944 as a breakthrough in painterly versus geometric abstraction that heralded abstract expressionism. In the decade that followed, Hofmann's recognition grew through numerous exhibitions, notably at the Kootz Gallery, culminating in major retrospectives at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1957) and Museum of Modern Art (1963), which traveled to venues throughout the United States, South America, and Europe.
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