Picasso with Hans Hofmann
9 abstract expressionist artists
Willem de Kooning, Clyford Still, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Motherwell, Frank Stella, Hans Hofmann, Franz Kline
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hofmann
Hans Hofmann had a his own school in Provincetown, Massachusetts in the 40s and 50s. Many famous or notable artists studied with him: Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Michael Goldberg, Ray Eames, Larry Rivers, Robert de Niro, Sr., Red Grooms and Wolf Kahn. This video consists of photographs, interviews and film clips of Hofmann and former students.
Hans Hofmann (1880 - 1966), Self Portrait, 1942. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Hans Hofmann at work in his studio, 1952
