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Hans Hofmann : the nature of abstraction / [Edited by] Lucinda Barnes ; with contributions by Ellen G. Landau and Michael Schreyach.

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[Berkeley, California] : University of California Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive; Oakland : University of California Press, [2019]

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966 -- Exhibitions.

Abstract expressionism -- Exhibitions.

9780520294479 (hardcover alkaline paper)

0520294475 (hardcover alkaline paper)

183 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

The nature of abstraction: Hans Hofmann / Lucinda Barnes -- When vision became gesture: Hans Hofmann in the 1940s / Ellen G. Landau -- Spacing expression / Michael Schreyach.

"The Nature of Abstraction: Hans Hofmann will present the most comprehensive examination to date of Hofmann's prolific and innovative artistic practice, including works from public and private collections across North American and Europe, the exhibition will feature 80 paintings and works on paper by Hofmann from 1930 through the end of his life in 1966. The accompanying book will offer a fresh and revealing assessment of the whole of Hofmann's painterly career. The Nature of Abstraction builds on new scholarship published over the past ten years and the 2014 'Catalogue Raisonné' to present Hofmann as a unique synthesis of student, artist, teacher, and mentor who transcended generations and continents. His singular artistic achievement drew on artistic influences and innovations that spanned two world wars and transatlantic avant-gardes. The exhibition and accompanying book will present a newly balanced presentation of Hofmann's artistic arc, showing the interconnectedness and continuity in his work of European and American influences from the early twentieth century through the advent of Abstract Expressionism"--Provided by publisher.

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