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Karl Hofer

Karl Hofer, “Jüngling am Fenster (Youth at the Window)”, 1933, Oil on Canvas, Museum Wiesbaden, Germany

Born in 1878 in Karlsruhe, Germany, Karl Hofer was a painter notable for his extensive contributions to the German Expressionist movement. Figurative, conservatively rendered working-class Germans most often adorn his canvases, with his subjects and style varied over the course of his career. The classical portraits of his early years gave way to politically charged Expressionist figures, which, during the Nazi regime, were denounced as “degenerate art”. These finally morphed into his Cubist-inspired compositions of post-war life.

Hofer received little recognition during his early career, and never joined an Expressionist painting group like Die Brücke. By the end of his life, however, Hofer was considered one of the greatest German painters of his time, and his works can now be found in many collections around the world, including the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Kunsthalle Mannheim in Germany.

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Karl Hofer

Karl Hofer, “Young Man Standing”, Date Unknown, Oil on Canvas, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany

Karl Hofer was a German painter notable for his extensive contributions to the German Expressionist movement. He was a figurative painter with subjects and style spanning a wide range over the course of his career. Inspired by artists such as Henri Rousseau, the classical portraits of his early years gave way to polically charged Expressionist figures which during the Nazi years were denounced as degenerate. His style morphed into the Cubist-inspired compositions of the post-war life.