There are other examples of less figurative images, where stylized forms suggest realistic designs, requiring the viewer's imagination, using the title as aid to decipher the artists intention (the Bouquet, 40x 50," Oil on Canvas, 1959). The artistic tendencies of the time were mainly abstract and focused on visual sensations rather than rational messages. However, its intellectual value stands in the use of color palette that creates a visual balance and a plastic language present in all his pieces.

Hofmann uses the geometric simplicity and flat atmosphere of the Cubist vision. His work does not reproduce perspective or depth in different planes or background.

However, in works like and out of the Caves the Night Threw a Handful of Pale Tumbling Pigeons in the Light (601/4 x 801/4," Oil on Canvas, 1964) the contrast between the vibrant colors create a three-dimensional effect, as frictions between dark tones and bright spots seem to construct the environment of the painting.

His work can exceed...

Hans Hofmann: Revised and Expanded. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2006.
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