The Golden Wall
Date: 1961
Artist:
Hans Hofmann
American, born Germany, 1880-1966
ABOUT THIS ARTWORK
After studying in Paris among early Fauve and Cubist artists, and having an influential teaching career in Germany and the United States, Hans Hofmann began to devote himself exclusively to his own painting in 1958. Frustrated by the limits of linear perspective, he introduced his “push-and-pull” theory in order to create a more dynamic sense of space in his paintings, in which forms and colors appear to simultaneously advance and recede. In The Golden Wall, rectangles of varying sizes and colors direct the gaze across the picture. Some forms appear to float above the expressive brushstrokes that punctuate the work, while others are embedded in the background, providing the canvas with a lively sense of movement and dimension.
Artist
Hans Hofmann
Title
The Golden Wall
Origin
United States
Date
1961
Medium
Oil on canvas
Inscriptions
Titled and signed on verso; upper right in black pen: “the golden wall, oil on canvas, 1961, Hans Hofmann”
Dimensions
152.4 × 183.5 cm (60 × 72 1/4 in.), unframed
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Purchase Prize Fund
Reference Number
1962.775
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