Hans Hofmann Had Great Influence Term Paper

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There are other examples of less figurative images, where stylized forms suggest realistic designs, requiring the viewer's imagination, using the title as aid to decipher the artists intention (the Bouquet, 40x 50," Oil on Canvas, 1959).

The artistic tendencies of the time were mainly abstract and focused on visual sensations rather than rational messages. However, its intellectual value stands in the use of color palette that creates a visual balance and a plastic language present in all his pieces.

Hofmann uses the geometric simplicity and flat atmosphere of the Cubist vision. His work does not reproduce perspective or depth in different planes or background.

However, in works like and out of the Caves the Night Threw a Handful of Pale Tumbling Pigeons in the Light (601/4 x 801/4," Oil on Canvas, 1964) the contrast between the vibrant colors create a three-dimensional effect, as frictions between dark tones and bright spots seem to construct the environment of the painting.


His work can exceed simplicity as in Tormented Bull (841/4 x 601/4," Oil on Canvas, 1961) where he composed a clear atmosphere that is not stifling for the viewer, but present large surfaces of clean color and figures that enjoy plenty of space to exist together.

However some compositions, such as Color Poem No 6 (30 x 24," Oil on Canvas, 1954) are crowded in ansamble, as they present a congested space of many elements, lines and different colors co-existing together in a visual noise that generates dynamicity, energy and chaos.

His work is preserved in art collections such as Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Art Institute of Chicago, Auckland Art Gallery and many others......

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