Bibliography

monographs

Bannard, Walter Darby. Hans Hofmann: A Retrospective Exhibition. Houston, 1976.

Costa, Xavier et al. Hans Hofmann: The Chimbote Project, The Synergistic Promise of Modern Art and Urban Architecture. Barcelona, 2004.

Goodman, Cynthia. Hans Hofmann. New York, 1986.
———. Hans Hofmann. Munich, 1990.

Greenberg, Clement. Hans Hofmann. Paris, 1961.

Hunter, Sam. Hans Hofmann. New York, 1963

Ruthenberg, Peter. Vergessene Bilder: 8 Studenten der "Schule für Bildende Kunst, Hans Hofmann," München (1915-1932).  Berlin and Frankfurt, 1986.

Seitz, William C. Hans Hofmann. New York, 1963.

Wight, Frederick S. Hans Hofmann. Berkeley, 1957.

texts written by hans hofmann

"Art in America." The Art Digest, vol. 4, no. 19 (August 1930), p. 27.

"Painting and Culture." (as communicated to Glenn Wessels) The Fortnightly, vol. 1, no. 1 (September 11, 1931), pp. 5-7.

"On the Aims of Art." Translated by Ernst Stolz and Glenn Wessels. The Fortnightly, vol. 1, no. 13 (February 26, 1932), pp. 7-11.

"Plastic Creation." Translated by Ludwig Sander. The League (published by The Art Students League of New York), (Winter 1932-33), pp. 11-51, 21. Reprinted in The League vol. 22, no. 3 (Winter 1950), pp. 3-6.

"The Search for the Real and Other Essays." Hayes, Bartlett H., Jr., and Weeks, Sara T., eds. Andover, Mass: Addison Gallery of American Art, 1948 (exh. cat). Reprinted by Cambridge: MIT Press, 1983. Includes "The Search for the Real in the Visual Arts," pp. 46-54; "Sculpture," pp. 55-59; "Painting and Culture," pp. 60-64; excerpts from the teaching of Hans Hofmann adapted from his essays "On the Aims of Art" and "Plastic Creation," pp. 65-76, pp. 76-78.

Untitled statement in It Is, no. 3 (Winter 1958-Spring 1959), p. 10.

"Space and Pictorial Life." It Is, no. 4 (Autumn 1959), p. 10.

"Hans Hofmann on Art." Lecture at inauguration of Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, November 17, 1962; published in Art Journal, vol. 22 (Spring 1963), pp. 180, 182.

"The Painter and His Problems: A Manual Dedicated to Painting." Thirty-five page typescript dated March 21, 1963. The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York.

published interviews with hofmann

Jaffe, Irma. "A Conversation with Hans Hofmann." Artforum, vol. 9 (January 1971),
p. 34-39.

Kuh, Katherine. The Artist's Voice: Talks with Seventeen Artists. New York, 1962. pp. 118-29.

van Okker, William H. "Visit with a Villager: Hans Hofmann." Villager,(March 18, 1965).

Wolf, Ben. "The Digest Interviews Hans Hofmann." The Art Digest, vol. 19 (April 1, 1945), p. 52.

other books and articles

Baker, Elizabeth C. "Tales of Hofmann: The Renate Series." ArtNews, vol. 71 (November 1972), pp. 39-41.

Bultman, Fritz. "The Achievement of Hans Hofmann." ArtNews, vol. 42, no. 5 (September 1963), p. 54.

Coates, Robert. "The Art Galleries, At Home and Abroad." New Yorker,vol. 22, no. 7 (March 30, 1946), p. 83.

Ellsworth, Paul. "Hans Hofmann, Reply to Questionnaire and Comments on A Recent Exhibition." Arts and Architecture,vol. 66, no. 11 (November 1949), pp. 22-28, 45-47.

Goodman, Cynthia. "Hans Hofmann as Teacher." Arts Magazine, vol. 53 (April 1979), pp. 22-28.

Greenberg, Clement. Art and Culture. Boston, 1961.

Kinkead, Gwe. "The Spectacular Fall and Rise of Hans Hofmann." ArtNews,vol. 79, no. 6 (Summer 1980), p. 90.

de Kooning, Elaine. "Hans Hofmann Paints a Picture." ArtNews, vol. 48, no. 10 (February, 1950), p. 38.

Kroll, Jack. "Old Man Crazy About Painting." Newsweek, vol. 62 (September 16, 1963),
pp. 88, 90.

Landau, Ellen G. "The French Sources for Hans Hofmann's Ideas on The Dynamics of Color-Created Space." Arts Magazine, vol. 51, no. 2 (October 1976).

Loran, Erle. "Hans Hofmann and His Work." Artforum, vol. 2, no.11 (May 1964), p. 34.

Matter, Mercedes. "Hans Hofmann." Arts and Architecture, vol. 63 (May, 1946), pp. 26-28.

Plaskett, J. "Some New Canadian Painters and Their Debt to Hans Hofmann." Canadian Art,vol. 10 (Winter 1953), pp. 59-63.

Pollet, Elizabeth. "Hans Hofmann." Arts Magazine, vol. 31 (May 1957), pp. 30-33.

Riley, Maude. "Hans Hofmann: Teacher-Artist." The Art Digest, vol. 18, no.12 (March 15, 1944), p. 13.

Rose, Barbara. "Hans Hofmann: From Expressionism to Abstraction." Arts Magazine, vol. 53, no. 3 (November 1978).

Rosenberg, Harold. "Hans Hofmann's 'Life' Class." Artnews, vol. 6 (Autumn 1962), pp. 16-31, 110-15.
———. "Teaching of Hans Hofmann." Arts Magazine, vol. 45 (December 1970), pp. 17-19.

Sandler, Irving. The Triumph of American Painting: A History of Abstract Expressionism. New York, 1970.
———. "Hans Hofmann: The Pedagogical Master." Art in America, vol. 61 (May 1973).
———. The New York School: The Painters and Sculptors of The Fifties. New York, 1978.

Seckler, Dorothy Gees. Provincetown Painters: 1890's-1970's. Exhibition catalogue from Everson Museum of Art. Syracuse, 1977.
———. "Can Painting Be Taught?" Artnews, vol. 50, (March 1951), pp. 39-40, 63-64.

Willard, Charlotte. "Living in a Painting." Look, vol. 17 (July 28, 1953), pp. 52-55.