Original artwork description:

Hans Hofmann was one of the most important figures of the Abstract Expressionists and celebrated for his exuberant, color-filled canvases. He believed fervently that a modern artist must remain faithful to the flatness of the canvas support.

Nature was the origin of art, Hofmann believed, and no matter how abstract his pictures seemed to become, he always sought to maintain in them a link to the world of objects.

Although the suggestion of movement was critically important to Hoffmann his foremost medium of expression was color: 'The whole world, as we experience it visually,' he said, 'comes to us through the mystic realm of color.'

Materials used:

Acrylic on masonite

Tags:

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