Hans hofmann biography jewish

Summary of Hans Hofmann

A pioneering artist and teacher, Hans Hofmann emigrated from Germany to the United States in He brought with him a deep knowledge of French art, gleaned from years spent in Paris before World War I, and this proved crucial in spreading European modernist styles and ideas in the United States.

He taught Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler, and Larry Rivers, and he formed a close relationship with Jackson Pollock. Hofmann's own style represented a fusion of various modes, and his later work made a powerful contribution to Abstract Expressionism.

Accomplishments

• Hofmann's years in Paris brought him into direct contact with artists such as Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, and Robert Delaunay, and his own style would come to be a fusion of various modes.

  At various times his work blended Cubist structure with Fauvist color, Expressionist energy, and touches of Surrealism.

• Hofmann believed fervently that a modern artist must remain faithful to the