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Hans Hofmann

1880 - 1966

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Hans Hofmann (March 21, 1880 – February 17, 1966) was a German-born American painter, renowned as both an artist and teacher. His career spanned two generations and two continents, and is considered to have both preceded and influenced Abstract Expressionism. Born and educated near Munich, he was active in the early twentieth-century European avant-garde and brought a deep understanding and synthesis of Symbolism, Neo-impressionism, Fauvism, and Cubism when he emigrated to the United States in 1932. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Hofmann has received more than 457,322 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hans Hofmann is the 1,224th most popular painter (down from 1,144th in 2019), the 3,334th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,126th in 2019) and the 113th most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hans Hofmann ranks 1,224 out of 2,023. Before him are Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ, Georg Pencz, Fritz von Uhde, Franciszek Smuglewicz, Tina Blau, and Bartolo di Fredi. After him are Paul Ranson, Bartolomeo Carducci, Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Antonio Saura, Theodor Aman, and Vladimir Makovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Hans Hofmann ranks 110. Before him are Tudor Arghezi, Frigyes Riesz, Lytton Strachey, Alfred J. Lotka, Mirza Kuchik Khan, and B. C. Forbes. After him are Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Adrian Carton de Wiart, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Walter Hohmann, and Samuel Jones. Among people deceased in 1966, Hans Hofmann ranks 110. Before him are Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Felix von Luckner, Gaspar Cassadó, Lenny Bruce, Vicente Rojo Lluch, and Natacha Rambova. After him are C. S. Forester, Hedda Hopper, Julie Manet, Joseph A. Walker, Albrecht Brandi, and Mehmet Fuat Köprülü.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Hofmann ranks 3,334 out of 7,253. Before him are Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach (1694), Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (1601), Heinrich Schrader (1767), Johann Benedict Listing (1808), Conrad of Wittelsbach (1125), and Princess Amalie of Saxony (1794). After him are Manfred Weber (1972), Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1568), Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1893), Johannes Schmidt (1843), Hannes Löhr (1942), and Emilie of Saxony (1516).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Hans Hofmann ranks 113. Before him are Johannes Lingelbach (1622), Gerhard von Kügelgen (1772), Jörg Breu the Elder (1475), Albrecht Adam (1786), Georg Pencz (1500), and Fritz von Uhde (1848). After him are Paul Renner (1878), Albertus Pictor (1440), Emanuel Leutze (1816), Carl Blechen (1798), Peter von Hess (1792), and Christian Schad (1894).

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