BIOGRAPHY
German, 1880-1966
Hans Hofmann is one of the most important figures of postwar American art. Celebrated for his exuberant, color-filled canvases, and renowned as an influential teacher for generations of artists—first in his native Germany, then in New York and Provincetown—Hofmann played a pivotal role in the development of Abstract Expressionism.
Between 1900 and 1930, Hofmann’s early studies, decades of painting, and schools of art took him to Munich, to Paris, then back to Munich. By 1933, and for the next four decades, he lived in New York and in Provincetown. Hofmann’s evolution from foremost modern art teacher to pivotal modern artist brought him into contact with many of the foremost artists, critics, and dealers of the twentieth century: Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Wassily Kandinsky, Sonia and Robert Delauney, Betty Parsons, Peggy Guggenheim, Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, and many others. His successful career was shepherded by the postwar modern art dealer Sam Kootz, secured by the art historian and critic Clement Greenberg, and anchored by the professional and personal support of his first wife, Maria “Miz” Wolfegg (1885–1963).
Already 64 by the time of his first solo exhibition at Art of This Century in New York in 1944, Hofmann balanced the demands of teaching and painting until he closed his school in 1956. Doing so enabled him to renew focus on his own painting at during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism, and for the next twenty years, Hofmann’s voluminous output—powerfully influenced by Matisse’s use of color and Cubism’s displacement of form—developed into an artistic approach and theory he called “push and pull,” which he described as interdependent relationships between form, color, and space. From his early landscapes of the 1930s, to his “slab” paintings of the late 1950s, and his abstract works at the end of his career upon his death in 1966, Hofmann continued to create boldly experimental color combinations and formal contrasts that transcended genre and style.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1931
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Hans Hofmann, 1 – 31 August 1931.*
Haviland Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Hans Hofmann, 5 – 22 August 1931.*
1940
Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, [Hans Hofmann paintings lent by Mrs. Hofmann], March 1941.
1944
Art of This Century, New York, First Exhibition: Hans Hofmann, 7 March – 8 April 1944.
The Arts Club of Chicago, Hans Hofmann, 3 November 1944 – 14 January 1945.* Traveled: The Arts Club of Chicago (3 – 25 November 1944); Milwaukee Art Institute, WI (1 – 14 January 1945).
1945
67 Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Abstract Paintings, 2 – 21 April 1945.
1946
Mortimer Brandt Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Recent Paintings, 18 – 30 March 1946.
American Contemporary Gallery, Hollywood, CA, Hans Hofmann, 14 May – 6 October 1946. Traveled: American Contemporary Gallery, Hollywood, CA (14 May – 10 June 1946); San Francisco Museum of Art (17 September – 6 October 1946).
1947
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Hans Hofmann: Paintings, 26 January – June 1947.* Traveled: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (26 January – 23 February 1947); Texas State College for Women, Denton, Hans Hofmann: Space Paintings (6 March – 3 April 1947); University of Oklahoma, Norman (15 – 30 April 1947); Memphis Academy of Arts, TN (May – June 1947).
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Recent Works, 24 March – 12 April 1947.
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann, 23 November – 13 December 1947.
Pittsburgh Arts and Crafts Center, PA, Hans Hofmann, 20 December 1947 – 11 January 1948.
1948
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, Hans Hofmann: Painter and Teacher, 2 January – 23 February 1948.*
1949
Galerie Maeght, Paris, Hans Hofmann, Peintures, 7 January – 9 February 1949.*
Kootz Gallery, New York, Recent Paintings by Hans Hofmann, 15 November – 5 December 1949.*
1950
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: New Paintings, 24 October – 13 November 1950.*
1951
Kootz Gallery, New York, New Paintings by Hans Hofmann, 13 November – 1 December 1951.*
1952
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Recent Paintings, 28 October – 22 November 1952.*
1953
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: The First Showing of Landscapes Created from 1936–1939, 27 April – 20 May 1953.*
Kootz Gallery of New York, Provincetown, MA, Paintings by Hans Hofmann, 15 – 28 August 1953.
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: New Paintings Created in 1953, 16 November – 12 December 1953.*
1954
Boris Mirski Art Gallery, Boston, Hans Hofmann, 5 – 24 January 1954.*
Kootz Gallery of New York, Provincetown, MA, Paintings by Hans Hofmann, 21 August – 6 September 1954.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, Paintings by Hans Hofmann, 5 October – 17 December 1954.* Traveled: The Baltimore Museum of Art, MD (5 October – 21 November 1954); Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington, DC (28 November – 17 December 1954).
Kootz Gallery, New York, Tenth Anniversary Festival: Hofmann, New Paintings, 15 November – 11 December 1954.*
1955
Bennington College, VT, A Retrospective Exhibition of the Paintings of Hans Hofmann, 15 – 31 May 1955.*
H.C. Gallery, Provincetown, MA, Hans Hofmann, 26 July – 8 August 1955.
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: New Paintings, 7 November – 3 December 1955.*
1956
The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Hans Hofmann, 14 March – 1 April 1956.
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Hans Hofmann [a show curated by Allan Kaprow], 5 April – May 1956.*
1957
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: New Paintings, 7 January – 2 February 1957.*
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Hans Hofmann, 24 April 1957 – 17 June 1958.* Traveled: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (24 April – 16 June 1957); Des Moines Art Center, IA (4 July – 4 August 1957); San Francisco Museum of Art (21 August – 22 September 1957); Art Galleries of the University of California at Los Angeles (6 October – 4 November 1957); Seattle Art Museum, WA (11 December 1957 – 12 January 1958); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (7 February – 11 March 1958); Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY (28 March – 30 April 1958); The Baltimore Museum of Art, MD (13 May – 17 June 1958).
1958
Kootz Gallery, New York, New Paintings by Hans Hofmann, 7 – 25 January 1958.*
1959
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Paintings of 1958, 6 – 17 January 1959.*
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Early Paintings, 20 – 31 January 1959.*
Honolulu Academy of Arts, HI, 21 Hofmanns from Berkeley, 29 March – 5 May 1968.*
La Jolla Museum of Art, CA, Hans Hofmann Paintings: A Selection from the University of California Collection, 25 May – 28 July 1968.*
1960
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Paintings of 1959, 5 – 23 January 1960.*
1961
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann, 7 – 25 March 1961.*
Feingarten Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA, Hans Hofmann: An Exhibition at the Feingarten Galleries, 28 May – 1 September 1961.* Traveled: Feingarten Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA (28 May – 22 June 1961); Feingarten Galleries, San Francisco (30 June – 24 July 1961); Feingarten Galleries, Chicago (15 August – 1 September 1961).
1962
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: New Paintings, 2 – 20 January 1962.*
Fränkische Galerie am Marientor, Nuremberg, Germany, Hans Hofmann, 8 April 1962 – 13 January 1963.* Traveled: Fränkische Galerie am Marientor, Nuremberg, Germany (8 April – 6 May 1962); Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany (30 June – 12 July 1962); Kongreßhalle, Berlin (October – November 1962); Städtische Galerie München Lenbachpalais, Munich (7 December 1962 – 13 January 1963).
Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Paintings by Hans Hofmann, 8 – 30 November 1962.
1963
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA, Hans Hofmann, 29 January – 24 February 1963.
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: New Paintings at the Kootz Gallery, 5 – 23 March 1963.*
Galerie Anderson-Mayer, Paris, Hans Hofmann: peintures 1962, 23 April – 18 May 1963.*
International Center of Aesthetic Research, Turin, Italy, Hans Hofmann, May – June 1963.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Hans Hofmann, 11 September 1963 – 10 October 1965.* Traveled: The Museum of Modern Art, New York (11 September – 28 November 1963); The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (6 January – 2 February 1964); Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (21 February – 15 March 1964); Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (30 March – 25 April 1964); University Art Gallery, University of California, Berkeley (11 May – 7 June 1964); Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, DC (24 June – 21 July 1964); Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina (10 – 26 September 1964); Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, Venezuela (29 November – 13 December 1964); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (29 January – 15 March 1965); Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy (31 March – 30 April 1965); Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany (13 May – 13 June 1965); Kunstverein in Hamburg (Amerika Haus), Germany (21 June – 31 July 1965); Städtisches Kunsthaus, Bielefeld, Germany (12 September – 10 October 1965).
1964
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann, Paintings 1963, 18 February – 7 March 1964.*
Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley. Recent Gifts and Loans of Paintings by Hans Hofmann, 2 April – 3 May 1964.*
American Art Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, Hans Hofmann: Oils, 18 April – 9 May 1964.
Galleria Il Camino, Pordenone, Italy, Hofmann, December 1964.
1965
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann, 85th Anniversary: Paintings of 1964, 16 February – 6 March 1965.*
1966
Kootz Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann at Kootz, 1 – 26 February 1966.*
Stanford Art Museum, CA, Hans Hofmann: Twenty-One Paintings from the Collection of the University of California, Berkeley, 22 June – 11 September 1966.*
1967
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann, 21 January – 9 February 1967.*
1968
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann, 6 – 31 January 1968.*
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Hans Hofmann: Paintings, 31 January – 2 March 1968.*
1969
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Ten Major Works, 11 – 30 January 1969.*
Obelisk Gallery, Boston, Hans Hofmann: Works of the Forties, opened 15 January 1969.
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, Hans Hofmann, 20 February – 7 April 1969.
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann, 22 March – 15 April 1969.*
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, Hans Hofmann: Oils on Paper and Canvas, 18 April – 22 May 1969.
1970
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Paintings of the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s, 3 – 29 January 1970.*
J.L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, MI, Hans Hofmann: Oils and Watercolors, 1 – 25 April 1970.
Waddington Galleries II, London, Hans Hofmann, Paintings, 9 June – 4 July 1970.*
Katonah Gallery, NY, Hans Hofmann, 2 August – 13 September 1970.*
1971
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann, 9 January – 3 February 1971.*
Galerie Godard Lefort, Montreal, Canada, Hans Hofmann, fall 1971.
1972
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Hans Hofmann: Paintings, January – March 1972.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann, 8 – 27 January 1972.*
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: The Thirties through the Sixties, 15 April – 23 May 1972.
Current Editions, Seattle, Hans Hofmann, July 1972.
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Hans Hofmann: Small Paintings 1965, October 1972.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Hans Hofmann: The Renate Series, 16 October 1972 – 28 February 1973.* Traveled: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (16 October – 31 December 1972); Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (15 January – 28 February 1973).
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper, 21 October – 15 November 1972.
1973
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Ten Major Works, 6 – 24 January 1973.*
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper, 13 January – 10 February 1973.
Greenberg Gallery, Saint Louis, MO, Hans Hofmann, February 1973.
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, Hans Hofmann: Paintings on Paper, 30 March – 14 April 1973.
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, Hans Hofmann: Paintings on Paper, 1941–1948, 12 June – 14 July 1973.
Waddington Galleries, London, Hans Hofmann: Watercolors, 10 July – 4 August 1973.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper, 15 September – 11 October 1973.
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper, 8 December 1973 – 9 January 1974.
Harcus Krakow Rosen Sonnabend Gallery, Boston, Hans Hofmann Paintings, 17 November – 22 December 1973.*
1974
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Paintings 1936–1940, 5 – 24 January 1974.*
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, Hans Hofmann: Oils and Watercolors, 15 February – 16 March 1974.
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: Major Works, 1957–1965, 12 October – 6 November 1974.
International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, DC, Hans Hofmann: Colorist in Black and White, 19 October 1974 – 17 April 1983.* Traveled: Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH (19 October – 10 November 1974); Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens (15 January – 15 February 1975); Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts, FL (1 – 31 March 1975); [Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA] (15 April – 15 May 1975); Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, CO (1 – 30 June 1975); Washington University Gallery of Art, Saint Louis, MO (15 July – 15 August 1975); Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada (7 September – 5 October 1975); Ivan Wilson Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Bowling Green, KY (15 October – 15 November 1975); Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN (1 – 31 December 1975); Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (15 January – 15 February 1976); Palm Springs Desert Museum, CA (1 – 31 March 1976); [Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA] (1 June – 15 August 1976); Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Northridge (1 – 30 September 1976); The University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City (1 December 1976 – 2 January 1977); United States Information Agency Latin American Tour (venues in Bogotá, Colombia; Quito, Ecuador; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Mexico City; Panama City) (1 November 1977 – 30 September 1978); Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens (15 October – 15 November 1978); University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, IN (2 – 31 December 1978); Parkersburg Art Center, WV (1 – 31 March 1979); Swift Current National Exhibition Center, Swift Current, Canada (22 April – 16 May 1979); Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH (29 May – 29 June 1979); Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal (15 July – 26 August 1979); Museum of Arts and History, Port Huron, MI (1 – 30 September 1979); The Baltimore Museum of Art, MD (16 October – 25 November 1979); Department of Art, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA (15 January – 15 February 1980); St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX (29 February – 31 March 1980); John Mariani Art Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley (22 April – 8 May 1980); Buscaglia-Castellani Gallery, Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY (1 – 29 June 1980); Art History Gallery, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (15 July – 15 August 1980); Spiva Art Center, Missouri Southern State University Campus, Joplin (7 – 28 September 1980); University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (6 – 30 November 1980); University Museum and Art Galleries, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (15 January – 15 February 1981); The Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Decatur, IL (1 – 31 March 1981); Western Wisconsin Regional Arts, La Crosse (15 April – 15 May 1981); Harry Nohr Gallery, The University of Wisconsin, Platteville (15 July – 15 August 1981); Roanoke Fine Arts Center, VA (1 – 30 September 1981); Quincy Art Club, IL (15 October – 15 November 1981); Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (9 December 1981 – 3 January 1982); Art Gallery, College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls (19 January – 12 February 1982); Sunset Center, Carmel, CA (1 – 31 March 1982); Oak Ridge Art Center, TN (15 April – 15 May 1982); Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY (1 – 30 June 1982); St. John’s College Art Gallery, Annapolis, MD (8 September – 8 October 1982); Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, TN (1 November 1982 – 15 January 1983); Dalhousie Art Gallery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (3 February – 6 March 1983); Art Gallery, Acadia University, Wolfville, Canada (20 March – 17 April 1983).
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Architectural Projects and Other Works on Paper, 9 November – 31 December 1974.
1975
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: A Selection of Late Paintings, 17 May – 27 June 1975.
Garage Gallery, Birmingham, AL, Hans Hofmann, July – August 1975.
Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC, Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, 8 December 1975 – 3 January 1976.
1976
Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann, February 1976.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: The Years 1947–1952, 3 – 28 April 1976.*
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Hans Hofmann: A Retrospective Exhibition, 14 October 1976 – 3 April 1977.* Traveled: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (14 October 1976 – 2 January 1977); The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (4 February – 3 April 1977).
Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, KS, Hans Hofmann: Paintings and Watercolors, 22 October – 4 December 1976.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Drawings, 1930–1944, 10 December 1976 – 11 January 1977.*
1977
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Provincetown Landscapes 1934–1945, 8 – 26 January 1977.
Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, Hans Hofmann: Thirty-Six Works on Paper, 15 January – 26 February 1977.
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, Provincetown Paintings, 9 February – 7 March 1977.
B.R. Kornblatt Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Hans Hofmann, Paintings, 2 October – 3 November 1977.
Blum Helman Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann, Paintings, 3 – 26 November 1977.
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann, 3 December 1977 – 3 January 1978.
1978
Galerie André Emmerich, Zurich, Hans Hofmann: Bilder und Werke auf Papier, 3 February – 23 March 1978.*
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Hans Hofmann: Drawings, 1930–1944, 11 February – 24 March 1978.
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI, Hans Hofmann, 18 February – 18 March 1978.
1979
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Provincetown Landscapes, 1941–1943, 6 – 31 January 1979.
Harriman College, NY, Hans Hofmann: Drawings, 25 April – 1 May 1979.
Gallery 609, Denver, CO, Hans Hofmann: Drawings and Paintings, 11 July – 31 August 1979.
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper, 3 – 24 November 1979.
1980
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Private-Scale Paintings, 1958–1964, 12 January – 6 February 1980.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Hans Hofmann: The Renate Series, 12 January – 2 March 1980. Exhibited: Akron Art Institute, OH (12 January – 2 March 1980).
Theo Waddington Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: Paintings and Works on Paper, 4 – 29 March 1980.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, MA, Hans Hofmann: Provincetown Scenes, 1 August – 12 October 1980.*
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Hans Hofmann: The Late Small Paintings, 1952–1965, 15 November – 31 December 1980.*
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Hans Hofmann: The Renate Series, 2 December 1980 – 23 March 1981.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Centennial Celebration; Part I, Major Paintings, 13 December 1980 – 13 January 1981.*
1981
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Centennial Celebration; Part II, Works on Paper, 17 January – 14 February 1981.
Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, Hans Hofmann: Paintings and Works on Paper, April 1981.
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: Major Paintings and Works on Paper, 4 – 25 April 1981.*
Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, Hans Hofmann: Paintings; Presented by André Emmerich, 30 May – 27 June 1981.
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, Hans Hofmann, 2 – 28 November 1981.
Martha White Gallery, Louisville, KY, Hans Hofmann: Paintings and Drawings, 5 – 28 November 1981.
1982
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: The Small Late Paintings, 7 – 30 January 1982.*
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: Drawings, 6 – 30 March.*
Edmonton Art Gallery, Canada, Hans Hofmann, 1880–1966: An Introduction to His Paintings, 9 July – 5 September 1982.*
1983
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Paintings on Paper, 1958–1965, 6 – 29 January 1983.*
B.R. Kornblatt Gallery, Washington, DC, Hans Hofmann, 20 September – 26 October 1983.
1984
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Explorations of Major Themes: Pictures on Paper, 1940–1950, 7 January – 4 February 1984.*
Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Hans Hofmann: Small Scale Paintings, 5 – 29 February 1984.
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: The Early Interiors, the Late Abstractions. Major Paintings, 31 March – 5 May 1984.*
Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, KS, Hans Hofmann: Selected Oils and Works on Paper, 1934–1962, 1 – 30 June 1984.
1985
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Major Paintings, 1954–1965, 5 – 26 January 1985.*
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Hans Hofmann: Paintings and Works on Paper, 8 February – 6 April 1985.
The Fort Worth Art Museum, TX, Hans Hofmann: Provincetown Paintings and Drawings, 15 September – 17 November 1985.*
The Fort Worth Art Museum, TX, Hans Hofmann: The Renate Series, 15 September – 17 November 1985.*
1986
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Pictures of Summer: Provincetown, 1941–42, 8 January – 8 February 1986.*
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Hans Hofmann: Works on Canvas and Paper, 5 – 29 March 1986.
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: Major Paintings, 1934–1944, 19 April – 30 May 1986.*
University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, Hans Hofmann, 1 October 1986 – 1 March 1987.
1987
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: The Pre-war Years in America, 9 January – 7 February 1987.*
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper, 5 – 28 February 1987.
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Canada, The Drawings of Hans Hofmann, 4 – 29 April 1987.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: The Push and Pull of Cubism, 23 December 1987 – 23 January 1988.*
1988
The Tate Gallery, London, Hans Hofmann: Late Paintings, 2 March – 1 May 1988.*
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Selected Works, 9 July – 27 August 1988.
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: Important Paintings and Works on Paper, 5 – 24 November 1988.*
1989
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: The Post-war Years, 1945–1949, 12 January – 18 February 1989.*
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, Hans Hofmann: Paintings 1937–1961, 19 April – 20 May 1989.
1990
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Paintings on Paper from the 1940s, 6 – 27 January 1990.*
C. Grimaldis, Baltimore, MD, Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper, 5 – 28 April 1990.
Galerie Thomas, Munich, Hans Hofmann: Gemälde und Aquarelle, 10 May – 21 July 1990.*
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper from the Summer of 1941, 31 May – 29 June 1990.
Crane Gallery, London, Hans Hofmann (1880–1966): Paintings and Watercolours/Hans Hofmann: 1888 bis 1966, 13 June 1990 – 20 June 1992.* Traveled: Crane Gallery, London (13 June – 31 July 1990); Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (7 September – 3 November 1990); TransArt Exhibitions Köln, Cologne, Germany (12 May – 20 June 1992).
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Hans Hofmann, 20 June 1990 – 14 April 1991.* Traveled: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (20 June – 16 September 1990); Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL (23 November 1990 – 20 January 1991); Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA (17 February – 14 April 1991).
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: The 1950 Chimbote Mural Project, 20 December 1990 – 26 January 1991.*
1991
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Projects for Mosaic Walls, 19 October – 16 November 1991.
1992
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: The Provincetown Paintings, opened 2 May 1992.
1993
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Selected Works, 7 January – 13 February 1993.
1994
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Paintings Large and Small, 17 November 1994 – 14 January 1995.
1995
Drabinsky & Friedland Galleries, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: The Provincetown Paintings, 28 October – November 1995.*
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann’s America: Landscapes, Still Lifes and Abstractions, 7 December 1995 – 20 January 1996.
1996
André Emmerich Gallery/Sotheby’s, New York, Hans Hofmann: Push Pull, 14 November – 7 December 1996.* Exhibited: André Emmerich Gallery, New York (14 November – 7 December 1996).
1997
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München, Munich, Hans Hofmann: Wunder des Rhythmus und Schönheit des Raumes, 23 April – 2 November 1997.* Traveled: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München, Munich (23 April – 29 June 1997); Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany (12 September – 2 November 1997).
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Hans Hofmann: Selected Paintings, 27 June – 30 July 1997.
Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin, Hans Hofmann: Das Spätwerk, 1 October – 1 November 1997.*
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Fields of Color, 14 October – 8 November 1997.
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA, Hans Hofmann: Paintings, 15 November – 27 December 1997.
1998
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Naples, FL, Hans Hofmann: Major Paintings and Works on Paper, 8 February – 1 March 1998.
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, Hans Hofmann: Continuing the Search for the Real, 19 September 1998 – 3 January 1999.*
1999
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Hans Hofmann: Major Paintings, 1935–1964, 13 March – 9 August 1999.* Traveled: Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (13 March – 12 April 1999); Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (9 July – 9 August 1999).
Ameringer Howard Fine Art, New York, Hans Hofmann: Late Paintings from the Hofmann Estate, 18 March – 28 May 1999.*
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Hans Hofmann in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 13 April – 17 October 1999.*
Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria, Hans Hofmann: The American Years, Retrospective, 22 July – 4 September 1999.*
Galleria Peccolo, Livorno, Italy, Hans Hofmann. Opere da una collezione (dipinti su carta 1959–1962), 11 September – 2 October 1999.*
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper, 1933–1965, 16 September – 30 October 1999.*
Ameringer Howard Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL, Hans Hofmann: A Retrospective Exhibition, 11 November – 4 December 1999.
2000
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Naples, FL, Hans Hofmann: The Provincetown Years, Important Paintings and Works on Paper, 13 February – 5 March 2000.
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich, Hans Hofmann: Works from 1940–1965, Paintings and Works on Paper, 2 March – 31 May 2000.
Ameringer Howard Fine Art, New York, Hans Hofmann: The Summer Studio, 27 April – 10 June 2000.*
Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA, Hans Hofmann, The Summer Studio: Provincetown Drawings, 21 July – 7 August 2000.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, MA, Hans Hofmann: Four Decades in Provincetown, 28 July – 1 October 2000.*
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: Paintings on Paper, 23 September – 1 November 2000.
Crane Kalman Gallery, London, Hans Hofmann (1880–1966), 7 – 30 November 2000.*
2001
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, Hans Hofmann: Paintings, 1 February – 3 March 2001.
Ameringer Howard Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL, Hans Hofmann: The Summer Studio, 8 February – 3 March 2001.
Ameringer Howard Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL, Hans Hofmann: Retrospective on Paper, 26 April – 9 June 2001.*
2002
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Naples, FL, Hans Hofmann: Important Paintings and Works on Paper, opened 20 January 2002.
Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, Hans Hofmann: Evolution/Revolution, 2 May – 29 June 2002.*
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Hans Hofmann: Scintillating Spaces, 22 May 2002 – 18 April 2004.
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich, Hans Hofmann: Works from 1940–1955, 6 June – 30 July 2002.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Hans Hofmann: The UC Berkeley Art Museum Collection, 11 June 2002 – 31 October 2004.* Traveled: McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, Hans Hofmann—Paintings from the 1960s: The Berkeley Art Museum Collection (11 June – 15 September 2002); Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ, Hans Hofmann: Selections from the Berkeley Art Museum Collection (5 October 2002 – 19 January 2003); Ameringer Yohe Fine Art, New York, Hans Hofmann: Select Paintings from UC Berkeley Art Museum and the Estate of the Artist (11 February – 15 March 2003); Akron Art Museum, OH, Hans Hofmann—Selections from the Berkeley Art Museum Collection(20 September 2003 – 3 January 2004); Des Moines Art Center, IA, Hans Hofmann: Selections from the Berkeley Art Museum Collection (21 August – 31 October 2004).
Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Hans Hofmann: A Retrospective View; Paintings, 1935–1965, 12 October – 31 December 2002.*
2003
Ameringer Yohe Fine Art, New York, Hans Hofmann: Provincetown, 19 February – 5 April 2003.* Traveled: Seventh Regiment Armory, New York (19 February – 5 March 2003); Ameringer Yohe Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL (13 March – 5 April 2003).
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Hans Hofman: Living Color Paintings, 1935–1965, April – 28 July 2003.* Traveled: Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (April 2003); Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (27 June – 28 July 2003).
Galerie d'Arts Decoratifs, Miami Beach, FL, Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper, June – August 2003.
Naples Museum of Art, FL, Hans Hofmann: A Retrospective, 1 November 2003 – 21 March 2004.*
Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, Hans Hofmann: Structure and Sensation, 4 December 2003 – 31 January 2004.
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, Hans Hofmann, 6 December 2003 – 31 January 2004.
2004
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, The Making of a Modernist: Hans Hofmann, 13 October 2004 – 30 April 2006.
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich, Hans Hofmann: Neue Auswahl von Papierarbeiten aus dem Nachlass [Hans Hofmann: A New Selection of Works on Paper from the Estate], 1 December 2004 – 23 February 2005.
2005
Ameringer Yohe Fine Art, New York, Hans Hofmann: Search for the Real, 6 January – 12 February 2005.*
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada, Hans Hofmann: Paintings, 6 October – 2 November 2005.
2006
Ameringer Yohe Fine Art, New York, Hans Hofmann: The Unabashed Unconscious; Reflections on Hofmann and Surrealism, 30 March – 29 April 2006.*
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich, Hans Hofmann, 14 December 2006 – 28 February 2007.
2007
KN Gallery, Chicago, Hans Hofmann: Exuberant Eye, 10 May – 30 June 2007.*
2008
Ameringer Yohe Fine Art, New York, Hans Hofmann: Poems & Paintings on Paper, 10 April – 23 May 2008.*
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Hans Hofmann, 3 May – 3 August 2008.
2009
The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, Hans Hofmann: Circa 1950, 14 January 2009 – 17 October 2010.* Traveled: The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (14 January – 5 April 2009); Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK (21 February – 9 May 2010); Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (3 July – 17 October 2010).
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich, Hans Hofmann: From Figuration into Abstraction, 26 November 2009 – 28 February 2010.
2010
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Nature into Action: Hans Hofmann, 3 February 2010 – 3 July 2011.
Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA, Hans Hofmann (1880–1966): Sketching along the Way, 9 – 25 July 2010.
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, Hans Hofmann: Pictures of Summer; Paintings and Works on Paper, 9 December 2010 – 29 January 2011.
2012
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, Hans Hofmann: Art Like Life Is Real, 15 March – 21 April 2012.*
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper from the 1940s, 29 October 2012 – 5 January 2013.*
2013
Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Germany, Hans Hofmann: Magnum Opus, 9 March – 16 June 2013.*
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Hans Hofmann: Rectangles, 17 May – 1 September 2013.
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, Hans Hofmann, 5 December 2013 – 25 January 2014.*
2014
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Hofmann by Hofmann, 2 July – 21 December 2014.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. Hans Hofmann: Selected Paintings, 18 November 2014 – 5 July 2015.
2015
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, Walls of Color: The Murals of Hans Hofmann, 2 May 2015 – 10 April 2016.* Traveled: Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT (2 May – 6 September 2015) travelled to the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami (10 October to 3 January 2016)
Crane Kalman Gallery, London, Hans Hofmann, 11 June – 11 July 2015.
2016
The Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, Walls of Color: The Murals of Hans Hofmann, 22 January - 10 April, 2016.
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York: Hans Hofmann: The Summer Studio, 7 July - 12 August, 2016
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives, University of California, Berkeley, Hans Hofmann: Push and Pull, 31 August - 11 December, 2016.
2017
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York: Hans Hofmann: The Post-war Years
An exhibition highlighting Hofmann's paintings in the mid-1940's. In 1945, Hofmann celebrated his 65th birthday. At the same time, "the paintings of this period clearly announce and begin to define the grand thrust his art was to follow during the last two decades of his life. Andre Emmerich." March 23 - 22 April, 2017. A catalogue with color reproductions accompanies the exhibition.
Hans Hofmann: The Last Decade. Major Paintings, 1955-1965. An Homage to Andre Emmerich.
Yares Art, 745 Fifth Avenue; May 6 - July 1, 2017. A catalogue with color reproductions and essay by Karen Wilkin accompanies the exhibition.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o T?maki, New Zealand
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York, NY
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
The Israel Museum, Israel, Jerusalem
IVAM, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Generalitat, Spain
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
The Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Musée de Grenoble, France
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Austrailia
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim, Germany
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Canada
The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, Italy
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Tate Modern, London, England
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
The University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IO
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT