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Hans Hofmann is considered one of the great masters of abstract expressionism, but the importance of his work lies not only in his skills as a painter, but his skills as a teacher. Hofmann’s abilities to understand and enhance the work of his students made him a man dedicated to not just his own art, but also to the art world by becoming someone who would improve all of the artists around him. ...
Hofmann was born on March 21, 1880 in Weissenburg, Bavaria, Germany to a middle-class family. His father was a government bureaucrat and Hofmann spent most of his young life in and around Munich. ... Freudenberg found Hofmann’s work promising and decided to become Hofmann’s patron. ... He studied the movements of fauvism and cubism, but the most lasting impression on Hofmann came from a cubist painter named Robert Delaunay. Delaunay taught Hofmann to work with the expressive potential of different colors. Then in 1910 Hofmann had his first big break in the art world with his own one-man exhibition at the Paul Cassirer Gallery in Berlin.
In 1914 Hofmann and Wolfegg leave the Paris art scene to go to Corsica, Italy so Hofmann can recuperate from a bout of tuberculosis. ... On his way back, World War I breaks out and Hofmann must register with the German government to become a soldier. Due to Hofmann’s weak lungs after his sickness he would not be enlisted.
Approximate Word count = 1179
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