Subseries 3.1 | A Finding Aid to the Hans Hofmann papers, circa 1904-2011 | Digitized Collection | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

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3.1: By Hofmann , 1928-1965

The subseries is arranged as 6 subseries:

3.1.1: Books, A-Z
3.1.2: Articles and Essays
3.1.3: Talks and Lectures
3.1.4: Miscellaneous Writings
3.1.5: Poems
3.1.6: Notes and Lists

3.1.1: Books, A-Z, circa 1928-1965

3.1.2: Articles and Essays, circa 1928-1965

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"Color Problem in Pure painting-Its Creative Origin", 1955	7 7	Select: "Color Problem in Pure painting-Its Creative Origin", 1955
"Creative Act-Gesture and meaning", circa 1930-1955	7 8	Select: "Creative Act-Gesture and meaning", circa 1930-1955
"Hawthorne-The Painter: An Appreciation", 1952	7 9	Select: "Hawthorne-The Painter: An Appreciation", 1952
"Homage to Alfred Maurer", 1950	7 10	Select: "Homage to Alfred Maurer", 1950
"Mystification of the Two- and Three-Dimensional in the Visual Arts", 1946	7 11	Select: "Mystification of the Two- and Three-Dimensional in the Visual Arts", 1946
"On the Aims of Art", 1931-1932	7 12	Select: "On the Aims of Art", 1931-1932
"Painting and Culture", 1931	7 13	Select: "Painting and Culture", 1931
"Plastic Creation", 1932	7 14	Select: "Plastic Creation", 1932
"Quality??? What is It-What does it mean in the visual arts?", circa 1951	7 15	Select: "Quality??? What is It-What does it mean in the visual arts?", circa 1951
"Resurrection of the Plastic Arts" (I.); "Mystery of Creative Relations" (II.)", 1953	7 16	Select: "Resurrection of the Plastic Arts" (I.); "Mystery of Creative Relations" (II.)", 1953
"Sculpture", 1933	7 17	Select: "Sculpture", 1933
"Search for the 'Real' in the Visual Arts", 1947-1948	7 18	Select: "Search for the 'Real' in the Visual Arts", 1947-1948
"Welt und die Kunst", 1965	7 19	Select: "Welt und die Kunst", 1965
Untitled, 1928-1950	7 20	Select: Untitled, 1928-1950

3.1.3: Talks and Lectures, circa 1928-1965

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1930: University of Minnesota Art Department	7 21	Select: 1930: University of Minnesota Art Department
1931: Berkeley Women's City Club; University of California, Berkeley, "Lectures on Plastic Painting," and untitled lectures	7 22	Select: 1931: Berkeley Women's City Club; University of California, Berkeley, "Lectures on Plastic Painting," and untitled lectures
1938: Lecture notes including: "Kosmos and cosmic creation on a picture plane," "Life," "Natur" (sic), "Movement of space," "Movement of Volumes"	7 23	Select: 1938: Lecture notes including: "Kosmos and cosmic creation on a picture plane," "Life," "Natur" (sic), "Movement of space," "Movement of Volumes"
1938-1939: Provincetown lectures, "Laws of the Picture Plane" and "Tensions"	7 24	Select: 1938-1939: Provincetown lectures, "Laws of the Picture Plane" and "Tensions"
1938-1939: Provincetown lecture, "Spiritualization"	7 25	Select: 1938-1939: Provincetown lecture, "Spiritualization"
1939-1940: Notes and texts including: "Realm of the unconscious," Picasso," and Lectures III-IX	7 26	Select: 1939-1940: Notes and texts including: "Realm of the unconscious," Picasso," and Lectures III-IX
1940: Provincetown, July 27	7 27	Select: 1940: Provincetown, July 27
1941: Riverside Museum symposium, address on Abstract Art held during the 1941 Annual American Abstract Artists' Exhibition, Feb. 16	7 28	Select: 1941: Riverside Museum symposium, address on Abstract Art held during the 1941 Annual American Abstract Artists' Exhibition, Feb. 16
1949: "What Is an Artist?" delivered July 3; "American Art Today;" "American Art versus French Art;" and "Protest Against Ostrich Attitude in the Arts" (with Fritz Bultman)	7 29	Select: 1949: "What Is an Artist?" delivered July 3; "American Art Today;" "American Art versus French Art;" and "Protest Against Ostrich Attitude in the Arts" (with Fritz Bultman)
1950: Studio 35 Round Table; texts and notes for Provincetown Art Association talks	7 30	Select: 1950: Studio 35 Round Table; texts and notes for Provincetown Art Association talks
1951: Provincetown Art Association, "About Education in General and Art Education in Particular," August 13	7 31	Select: 1951: Provincetown Art Association, "About Education in General and Art Education in Particular," August 13
1952: Provincetown Art Association, "Photography as a Creative means," August 12; remarks recorded for Sam Feinstein's film	7 32	Select: 1952: Provincetown Art Association, "Photography as a Creative means," August 12; remarks recorded for Sam Feinstein's film
1962: Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, inauguration speech, Nov. 17	7 33	Select: 1962: Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, inauguration speech, Nov. 17
"Point and Line," "Artistic Childrenswork," "Hofmann Lectures No. Three to Eleven [10 and 11 lacking]," texts of several untitled talks, and notes for introducing Hofmann	7 34	Select: "Point and Line," "Artistic Childrenswork," "Hofmann Lectures No. Three to Eleven [10 and 11 lacking]," texts of several untitled talks, and notes for introducing Hofmann

3.1.4: Miscellaneous Writings, circa 1928-1965

3.1.5: Poems, circa 1928-1965

Description	Container
Poems, 1944-1959	8 8	Select: Poems, 1944-1959
Poems to Maria Hofmann, 1960-1964	8 9	Select: Poems to Maria Hofmann, 1960-1964

3.1.6: Notes and Lists, circa 1928-1965

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Notebooks, "Farbe" and untitled, (2 vols.), circa 1930-1955	8 10	Select: Notebooks, "Farbe" and untitled, (2 vols.), circa 1930-1955
Notes on Works of Art, 1949-1956	8 11	Select: Notes on Works of Art, 1949-1956
Miscellaneous Notes, circa 1930-1955	8 12	Select: Miscellaneous Notes, circa 1930-1955
List, Paintings Exhibited at Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1949-1962	8 13	Select: List, Paintings Exhibited at Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1949-1962
List, Paintings Exhibited at Mirski Gallery, Boston, 1953	8 14	Select: List, Paintings Exhibited at Mirski Gallery, Boston, 1953
List, Paintings Exhibited in Germany, 1962	8 15	Select: List, Paintings Exhibited in Germany, 1962
List, Paintings for Retrospective Exhibition, Whitney Museum of Art, 1956-1957	8 16	Select: List, Paintings for Retrospective Exhibition, Whitney Museum of Art, 1956-1957
Lists, Paintings, 1957-1963	8 17	Select: Lists, Paintings, 1957-1963
Lists, Paintings to be Framed, 1958-1965	8 18	Select: Lists, Paintings to be Framed, 1958-1965
Lists, Paintings Shipped from Provincetown, 1958-1965	8 19	Select: Lists, Paintings Shipped from Provincetown, 1958-1965
List, Photographs given to William Seitz, circa 1950	8 20	Select: List, Photographs given to William Seitz, circa 1950
Miscellaneous Lists, circa 1930-1955	8 21	Select: Miscellaneous Lists, circa 1930-1955

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3.1: By Hofmann , 1928-1965

3.1.1: Books, A-Z, circa 1928-1965

3.1.2: Articles and Essays, circa 1928-1965

3.1.3: Talks and Lectures, circa 1928-1965

3.1.4: Miscellaneous Writings, circa 1928-1965

3.1.5: Poems, circa 1928-1965

3.1.6: Notes and Lists, circa 1928-1965

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Collected Writing on Art, 1958	6 1	Select: Collected Writing on Art, 1958
Das Malerbuch: Form und Farbe in der Gestaltung		Select: Das Malerbuch: Form und Farbe in der Gestaltung
Memorandum, 1949	6 2	Select: Memorandum, 1949
Early Drafts, circa 1931	6 3	Select: Early Drafts, circa 1931
Drafts and Notes, circa 1933-1950	6 4	Select: Drafts and Notes, circa 1933-1950
Manuscript (based on the first book written in California), 1934	6 5-6	Select: Manuscript (based on the first book written in California), 1934
Manuscript (copy of the German original), 1948	6 7-8	Select: Manuscript (copy of the German original), 1948
Manuscript (autumn), 1948	6 9-10	Select: Manuscript (autumn), 1948
Manuscript (edited), circa 1933-1950	6 11-12	Select: Manuscript (edited), circa 1933-1950
Manuscript (English original translated by Peggy Huck as The Supersensitory Origin of Painting), 1953	6 13-14	Select: Manuscript (English original translated by Peggy Huck as The Supersensitory Origin of Painting), 1953
Manuscript ("The Painter's Book, First English translation by Glenn Wessels" Creation in Form and Color), 1931	6 15-16	Select: Manuscript ("The Painter's Book, First English translation by Glenn Wessels" Creation in Form and Color), 1931
Das Malerbuch[?]		Select: Das Malerbuch[?]
Draft, Part I - "Definition of form", circa 1952	6 17	Select: Draft, Part I - "Definition of form", circa 1952
Draft, Part II - a) "Nature in 'objective'experience" b) "Nature in 'plastic' experience" and c) "Nature in 'visual' experience", circa 1952	6 18	Select: Draft, Part II - a) "Nature in 'objective'experience" b) "Nature in 'plastic' experience" and c) "Nature in 'visual' experience", circa 1952
Draft, Part III - a) "Light" and b) "Relationship of form, light and color", circa 1952	6 19	Select: Draft, Part III - a) "Light" and b) "Relationship of form, light and color", circa 1952
Draft, Part IV - "Picture plane", circa 1952	6 20	Select: Draft, Part IV - "Picture plane", circa 1952
Draft, Part V - "Colour as a plastic means", circa 1952	6 21	Select: Draft, Part V - "Colour as a plastic means", circa 1952
Draft, Part VI - "Mind", circa 1952	6 22	Select: Draft, Part VI - "Mind", circa 1952
Draft, Part VII - "Composition", circa 1952	6 23	Select: Draft, Part VII - "Composition", circa 1952
Chapter, "Bild formende gesetze", circa 1935-1950	6 24	Select: Chapter, "Bild formende gesetze", circa 1935-1950
Chapter, "Entwicklungs-Plan I", 1929	6 25	Select: Chapter, "Entwicklungs-Plan I", 1929
Chapter, "Entwicklungs-Plan II", circa 1935-1950	6 26	Select: Chapter, "Entwicklungs-Plan II", circa 1935-1950
Intended Addition, "The object in the visual arts-its function in three-dimensional reality and its two-dimensional pictorial realization", 1951	6 27	Select: Intended Addition, "The object in the visual arts-its function in three-dimensional reality and its two-dimensional pictorial realization", 1951
Picture Material for Book, circa 1935-1950	6 28	Select: Picture Material for Book, circa 1935-1950
Painter and His Problems-A Manual Dedicated to Painting, 1963	7 1-2	Select: Painter and His Problems-A Manual Dedicated to Painting, 1963
Painter and His Problems-A Manual Dedicated to Painting, Illustrations , circa 1933-1950 Original drawings, photostats and negatives of diagrams, photographs; captions and notations in both English and German.	7 3	Select: Painter and His Problems-A Manual Dedicated to Painting, Illustrations , circa 1933-1950 Scope and Contents Original drawings, photostats and negatives of diagrams, photographs; captions and notations in both English and German.
Search for the Real and Other Essays, 1947-1948	7 4-6	Select: Search for the Real and Other Essays, 1947-1948

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"About Art education and my approach toward it", circa 1930-1955	7 35	Select: "About Art education and my approach toward it", circa 1930-1955
"About critics", 1956	7 36	Select: "About critics", 1956
"About Jackson Pollack and myself", 1956	7 37	Select: "About Jackson Pollack and myself", 1956
"About myself, my work, my school", circa 1930-1955	7 38	Select: "About myself, my work, my school", circa 1930-1955
"About the relation of students and teachers", circa 1930-1955	7 39	Select: "About the relation of students and teachers", circa 1930-1955
"About the subject mater (in pictorial creation)", circa 1930-1955	7 40	Select: "About the subject mater (in pictorial creation)", circa 1930-1955
"Advanced Education in Art", circa 1930-1955	7 41	Select: "Advanced Education in Art", circa 1930-1955
"Answer to a Question", 1951	7 42	Select: "Answer to a Question", 1951
"Answer to My Critics", 1944	7 43	Select: "Answer to My Critics", 1944
"Architecture and pictorial art", circa 1930-1955	7 44	Select: "Architecture and pictorial art", circa 1930-1955
"Art and Art appreciation", 1953	7 45	Select: "Art and Art appreciation", 1953
"Art and Life", circa 1930-1955	7 46	Select: "Art and Life", circa 1930-1955
"Colour", circa 1930-1955	7 47	Select: "Colour", circa 1930-1955
"Creative process-its physical and metaphysical performing", 1956	7 48	Select: "Creative process-its physical and metaphysical performing", 1956
"Falsification of History", circa 1959	7 49	Select: "Falsification of History", circa 1959
"Following is a condensed reformulation of a statement made by me to my students dating back to 1938", 1960	7 50	Select: "Following is a condensed reformulation of a statement made by me to my students dating back to 1938", 1960
"For Clarification of history I speak (reluctantly) of myself", circa 1930-1955	7 51	Select: "For Clarification of history I speak (reluctantly) of myself", circa 1930-1955
"Form im simme der Gertabtung", circa 1930-1955	7 52	Select: "Form im simme der Gertabtung", circa 1930-1955
"In Answer to a Question", circa 1930-1955	7 53	Select: "In Answer to a Question", circa 1930-1955
"Life", circa 1930-1955	7 54	Select: "Life", circa 1930-1955
"Magic of painting", circa 1930-1955	7 55	Select: "Magic of painting", circa 1930-1955
"My aim-in answer to repeated questioning", circa 1930-1955	7 56	Select: "My aim-in answer to repeated questioning", circa 1930-1955
"My Artistic Creed-A Statement", 1952	7 57	Select: "My Artistic Creed-A Statement", 1952
"Nature and Art-Controversy and Misconcept", 1957	7 58	Select: "Nature and Art-Controversy and Misconcept", 1957
"Nature as Experience and Its Pictorial Realization", circa 1930-1955	7 59	Select: "Nature as Experience and Its Pictorial Realization", circa 1930-1955
"New Concept for Mosaics of Our Time", 1956	7 60	Select: "New Concept for Mosaics of Our Time", 1956
"Notes on Art", 1950	7 61	Select: "Notes on Art", 1950
"Offense in Pictorial Art", circa 1930-1955	7 62	Select: "Offense in Pictorial Art", circa 1930-1955
"Pictorial Function of Colours", 1950	7 63	Select: "Pictorial Function of Colours", 1950
"Preface for catalogue for Hofmann exhibit, Berkeley, California", 1931	7 64	Select: "Preface for catalogue for Hofmann exhibit, Berkeley, California", 1931
"Pure Colour Space", circa 1930-1955	7 65	Select: "Pure Colour Space", circa 1930-1955
"Reply to the Demand to Name Some of My Students Who Have Come into Prominence", 1956	7 66	Select: "Reply to the Demand to Name Some of My Students Who Have Come into Prominence", 1956
"Space and pictorial life", circa 1930-1955	7 67	Select: "Space and pictorial life", circa 1930-1955
"Space pictorially realized through the intrinsic faculty of the colours to express volume", 1951	7 68	Select: "Space pictorially realized through the intrinsic faculty of the colours to express volume", 1951
"Spannungs Bezichungen", circa 1930-1955	7 69	Select: "Spannungs Bezichungen", circa 1930-1955
Statement for Abstract and Surrealist Art in America by Sidney Janis, 1944	7 70	Select: Statement for Abstract and Surrealist Art in America by Sidney Janis, 1944
Statements for Contemporary American Painting, University of Illinois, 1951-1952	7 71	Select: Statements for Contemporary American Painting, University of Illinois, 1951-1952
"Teaching of Hans Hofmann", circa 1930-1955	7 72	Select: "Teaching of Hans Hofmann", circa 1930-1955
"This is the answer to a repeated refusal of acceptance of my work to the permanent collection of the museum of modern art", circa 1930-1955	7 73	Select: "This is the answer to a repeated refusal of acceptance of my work to the permanent collection of the museum of modern art", circa 1930-1955
"What is Life", circa 1930-1955	7 74	Select: "What is Life", circa 1930-1955