Karl Hofer

Swiss · 1878–1955 · Painter, Printmaker

Karl Christian Ludwig Hofer or Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter. He was director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. (Wikipedia)

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Karl Christian Ludwig Hofer or Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter. He was director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1878, KarlsruheDied 1955, BerlinOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Draughtsman, Illustrator, PhotographerWikidata Q62249 ↗ULAN 500346870 ↗Museum works 6

Expressionism

Also known as c. hofer, Carl Hofer, Hofer, k. hofer, Karl Christian Ludwig Hofer, Karl Hofer (1878-1955), Karl Johannes Christian Hofer

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Karl Hofer, Pair of Lovers — **Pair of Lovers**1922
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Karl Hofer, Men Sitting at a Table — **Men Sitting at a Table**1926
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Karl Hofer, Das Nest (The Nest), from Genius, Zeitschrift für werdende und alte Kunst (Magazine for Emerging and Ancient Art), Year 3, No. 1 — **Das Nest (The Nest), from Genius, Zeitschrift für werdende und alte Kunst (Magazine for Emerging and Ancient Art), Year 3, No. 1**1921
Vanderbilt Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Vanderbilt Museum of Art

Karl Hofer, The Letter — **The Letter**1934 · oil on canvas
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Karl Hofer, At the Window II — **At the Window II**c. 1923 · lithograph
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland — Open Access (CC0)

Karl Hofer, Milliner — **Milliner**1922 · lithograph
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

Karl Hofer

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