Rose Art Museum display justifies the passions Nov 5, 2009
Given what is on show, it is amazing to discover from the catalog what works were omitted: Hans Hofmann, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Anthony Caro, and Nam June Paik are just some of the big name artists who fell by the wayside. And it is deeply disappointing that no room was found for Hyman Bloom s extraordinary Corpse of an Elderly Male. (Boston Globe)
Arts: the week ahead Aug 27, 2009
SEARCH FOR THE REAL: DRAWINGS BY HANS HOFMANN AND HIS STUDENTS An examination of the legacy of Hans Hofmann s teachings at his art school in Provincetown, including charcoal and ink drawings by, among others, Robert De Niro Sr., Lee Krasner, and Hofmann himself. Through Oct. 11. (Boston Globe)
Exhibit demonstrates Hans Hofmann’s unparalleled legacy Aug 25, 2009
Exhibit demonstrates Hans Hofmann s unparalleled legacy - The Boston Globe ... Called Search for the Real: Drawings by Hans Hofmann and His Students, it s made up of no more than 34 drawings, eight of them by Hofmann, the rest by his students ... SEARCH FOR THE REAL: Drawings by Hans Hofmann and His Students At: Provincetown Art Association and Museum, through Oct. 11. (Boston Globe)
Eyeing P-town’s place in American art Aug 5, 2009
Clockwise from top: Untitled Mosaic (1951) by John Grillo; Muted Abstraction (1947) by Hans Hofmann; On the Bay by George Yater ... Robert Motherwell was there, and Helen Frankenthaler, Hans Hofmann, and George McNeil, among others. (Boston Globe)
Appreciate environment with art Feb 21, 2009
Two World War II abstract painter emigres were German-born Hans Hofmann and Armenian Arshile Gorky. Hofmann felt he brought the landscapes home in his mind, while Gorky stated that he did not paint in front of, but from within nature. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Art Review | The Art Show: Rewards and clarity in a show of restraint Feb 20, 2009
Best of all, Ameringer Yohe has a raft of muscular ink drawings that Hans Hofmann made in sunny St.-Tropez in 1929, just before the other Crash. Some look remarkably like Philip Guston's late paintings, a group of which are at David McKee. (International Herald Tribune)
Critic's picks - visual arts Feb 8, 2009
STUDENTS OF HANS HOFMANN. Hofmann was an immensely influential teacher both in his native Germany and in New York, where he was a member of - and critical influence on - the Abstract Expressionist circle. (Boston Globe)
