Object Details
- Artist
- Bill Witt, 1921 - 2013
- Sitter
- Hans Hofmann, 21 Mar 1880 - 17 Feb 1966
- Exhibition Label
- In 1935, the painter Hans Hofmann, who had recently immigrated to the United States from Germany, established a summer art school in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It was there that the photographer Bill Witt took this photograph during a “Friday Critique.” As an essential part of the curriculum, Hofmann would bring together students to discuss their works in detail. The school empha- sized studio practice, and students spent much of their time working from models and still lifes. For Hofmann, an artist excelled only when she or he had a complete sense of her or his chosen craft, including the history of its medium.
- En 1935, el pintor Hans Hofmann, recién emigrado de Alemania, estableció una escuela de verano en Provincetown, Massachusetts. Fue allí que el fotógrafo Bill Witt captó esta imagen durante la “crítica de los viernes”. Como parte esencial del currículo, Hofmann reunía a los estudiantes para discutir sus obras en detalle. La escuela enfatizaba la práctica de estudio, es decir, los estudiantes trabajaban gran parte del tiempo con modelos vivos o naturalezas muertas. Según Hofmann, el artista lograba destacarse solo cuando tenía un sentido integral de su oficio, incluyendo la historia de su técnica de preferencia.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Bill Witt
- 1948
- Object number
- NPG.93.144
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © BIll Witt
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Selenium-toned gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 32.9 × 32.1 cm (12 15/16 × 12 5/8")
- Sheet: 40.6 × 45.4 cm (16 × 17 7/8")
- Place
- United States\Massachusetts\Barnstable\Provincetown
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Architecture\Window
- Interior\Studio\Art
- Architecture\Loft
- Hans Hofmann: Male
- Hans Hofmann: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Painter
- Hans Hofmann: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Art instructor
- Hans Hofmann: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Abstract Expressionist
- Hans Hofmann: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Art writer
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.93.144
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43e6f179f-de5f-4302-9b00-a0961f06cfba
