Hans Hofmann, et al., in Search for the Real: And Other Essays, MIT Press, 1967, p. 40.
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And so artistic creation is the metamorphosis of the external physical aspects of a thing into a self-sustaining spiritual reality.
— Hans Hofmann on Metamorphosis
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About Hans Hofmann
Hans Hofmann (21 March 1880 – 17 February 1966) was one of the older abstract expressionist painters working in New York. Hofmann originally came from Germany where he experienced the new art and so he connected European with modern American abstract art. He had strong influence as an art-teacher and writer on the younger American abstract artists after 1940.
About Hans Hofmann
Hans Hofmann (21 March 1880 – 17 February 1966) was one of the older abstract expressionist painters working in New York. Hofmann originally came from Germany where he experienced the new art and so he connected European with modern American abstract art. He had strong influence as an art-teacher and writer on the younger American abstract artists after 1940.
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