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| 1947 |
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Exhibitions open in New York, Pittsburgh, and Dallas. Hofmann begins to exhibit with the Kootz Gallery in New York where there is a solo show of Hofmann’s work each year until his death (except 1948 and 1956). Larry Rivers attends the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts. |
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| 1948 |
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A Retrospective exhibition of Hofmann’s work opens at the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts, in conjunction with publication of his book, Search for the Real and Other Essays |
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| 1949 |
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| Hofmann travels to Paris to attend the opening of his exhibition at the Galerie Maeght and visits the studios of Picasso, Braque, Brancusi, and Miro. Helps organize Forum 49, a summer series of lectures, panels and exhibitions at Gallery 200 in Provincetown. |
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| 1950 |
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Hofmann joins the “Irascibles,” a group of Abstract Expressionist, in an open letter protesting the exclusion of the avant-garde from an upcoming exhibition of American art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. |
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“Through a painting we can see the whole world” -Hans Hofmann, 1952 |
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