Paul Klee vs. Hans Hofmann
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Paul Klee
1879 – 1940
Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism.
"Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void. Ripe, graphic fruits fall off. My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote w…"
Hans Hofmann
1933 – 1966
Hans Hofmann 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.
"The general misunderstanding of a work of art is often due to the fact that the key to its spiritual content and technical means is missed. Unless the observer …"
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