Collection

Self-Portrait. Farewell to the Art Studio

Wlastimil Hofmann

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Basic information
ID
Ж-2301
Author
Wlastimil Hofmann
Name
Self-Portrait. Farewell to the Art Studio
Date of creation
1921
Country
Poland
Technique
oil painting
Material
cardboard
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
49 x 52.5
Additionally
Information about author
Author
Wlastimil Hofmann
Artist's lifetime
1881–1970
Biography
Wlastimil Hofmann was a Polish-Czech artist. He was born on April 27, 1881, in Karlin (Prague district), Austria-Hungary. He was one of the most famous European painters of the Art Nouveau style. He was a representative of Symbolism. From 1889, he worked in Krakow, where from 1896 he studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts under the guidance of Jacek Malczewski, Leon Jan Wyczolkowski, and Jan Stanislawski. Between 1899 and 1901, he studied in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme. The works of the Symbolist artist Jacek Malczewski had a great influence on Hofmann’s oeuvre; they remained friends until the artist's death.The painter died on March 6, 1970, in Szklarska Poreba, Poland.
Object description
This is a portrait of a man with a mustache looking intently at the viewers. He is dressed in a blue shirt.The wide overlay white collar of the shirt is tied with a black bow. On the left there is a table on which there are painting accessories; a part of a round window is visible at the top of the painting.
Inscriptions
At the top right there is an author's inscription "Wlastimil Hofmann/Bonarka 14/1 1921".