Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1960) worked as a painter, decorator, cartoonist, and illustrator in France and Quebec throughout the first half of the 20th century. He examined contemporary events and subjects in his work as well as explored the limits of his imagination. Hoffmann is known for his theatrical paintings as well as his satirical prints. Hoffmann was born in Paris and was educated there at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian. After the war he worked between 1918 and 1921 together with his friend Charles Schneider, for whose glass factory he decorated vases with delicate plant, flower and animal motifs inspired by the Art Nouveau style. At the time, he also worked for the Sèvres porcelain factory, designed posters and painted two large murals in Quebec, teaching at the academy there between 1924 and 1926. He painted narrative genre scenes, often with a humorous undertone, but also representations of wonderful underwater worlds populated by nereids and strange creatures. He translated themes from literature, poetry and the Bible into performances full of emotion and deals with themes that, surprisingly, are still topical. He wrote educational books for elementary school art, created cartoons, murals, painted altarpieces, illustrated books, and caricatures, for example, of the pompous French judiciary. Hoffmann died in Metz in 1977, aged 95.
Mid-20th Century Realist Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Paper, Lithograph
1960s Post-Impressionist Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Archival Paper, Lithograph
1980s Pop Art Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Canvas, Screen
1990s Pop Art Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Rag Paper
Early 20th Century Cubist Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Oil, Lithograph
Early 2000s Pop Art Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Monoprint, Monotype
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Canvas, Giclée
Early 2000s Modern Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Paper, Etching
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Oil, Lithograph
1970s Other Art Style Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Etching
20th Century American Modern Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Monotype
21st Century and Contemporary Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Fabric, Rag Paper, Giclée
1920s Impressionist Gaston Hoffmann Paintings
Canvas, Oil


