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Claude Monet’s painting “Impression: Sunrise,” derided by critics at an exhibition in Paris, provides the moniker for the Impressionist movement which flourishes through the 1890s. |
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| 1880 |
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Hans Hofmann is born in Weissburg, Bavaria, Germany on March 21st, the son of Theodor and Franziska Hofmann. |
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| 1886 |
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| The family moves to Munich where Theodor Hofmann becomes a government official. At the Gymnasium, Hans develops special interests in mathematics, science, and music. He plays the violin, piano, and organ and begins to draw. |
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| 1896 |
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With his father’s help, young Hans takes a position as assistant to the director of Public Works of the State of Bavaria. He develops his technical knowledge of mathematics, and invents an electromagnetic comptometer. |
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“Through a painting we can see the whole world” -Hans Hofmann, 1952 |
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