Still Life—Fruit Bowl
Date1941
Artist
Hans Hofmann
(American painter and teacher, born in Germany, 1880–1966)
MediumCasein on plywood
Dimensions34 3/4 × 24 5/8 in. (88.3 × 62.5 cm)
frame: 41 3/4 × 31 5/8 in. (106 × 80.3 cm)
frame: 41 3/4 × 31 5/8 in. (106 × 80.3 cm)
Credit LineSpecial Purchase Fund, 1971
Object number1971-173
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextA prolific painter and teacher in California, New York, and Massachusetts from the 1930s through the 1950s, Hofmann introduced many American artists to European modernism. The influence of Cubism can be seen in the distorted perspective and broken surfaces of this painting. The bright colors show the influence of Hofmann’s teacher, Wassily Kandinsky, an Expressionist painter.
