Bio: Hans Hoffman was born in Bavaria in 1880. He was
an influential artist and teacher. He began his studies in
Munich where late neo-impressionism was much favored. However,
by 1904 he had moved to Paris under the patronage of
Freudenberg and became influenced by the likes of Kandinsky
and Delaunay. In 1915 Hoffman founded his own art school in
Munich and taught there until 1932.
In 1932 Hoffman went to the United States and he became an
American Citizen in 1941. Hoffman taught at Berkley and in
1934 he founded the Hans Hoffman School of Fine Arts in New
York.
Hoffman experimented with many styles and he pioneered the
drip and pour technique which was later popularized by Jackson
Pollock.
During 1944 Hoffman had a one-person exhibition a Peggy
Guggenheim's Art of the Century Gallery.