Gerhard Hofmann (graphic designer)

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Gerhard Hofmann (* 1960 in Worms ) is a German painter and etcher .

life and work

Gerhard Hofmann is best known as a color eraser. His graphic works include graphic series on musical and literary subjects such as Mozart's “ Magic Flute ” (1991 and 2000), Shakespeare's “ Midsummer Night's Dream ” (1992), the musical “ Cats ” (1993) or “ Alice in Wonderland ” by [Lewis Carroll]. Since 1995 a large number of cityscapes of European and German cities have been created.

The specialty of the etching and printing technique used by Hofmann is that, as a rule, three differentiated etched aquatint plates are laid out and printed one on top of the other in the primary colors of yellow, red and blue, so that the result is the greatest possible variety and color mixture.

Hofmann taught in 1982 and 1984, and from 1989 to 1999 as assistant to the etching class at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg . During this time he assisted Rudolf Hradil, Uwe Bremer , Markus Vallazza , Yoshi Takahashi , Jan Voss, Kunito Nagaoka, Dora Maurer and Adriena Simotová.

Gerhard Hofmann received, among other things, the Rhineland-Palatinate Prize for Graphics in 1984 and the Palatinate Prize for Painting in 1986 . Hofmann also works as a sculptor , designer and book illustrator. In 1995 and 1996 a series of glass sculptures was created in collaboration with Berengo Fine Arts in Venice . Since 1996 Gerhard Hofmann has designed various decors with city views for Rosenthal AG . He lives and works in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse .

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1988 Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern
  • 1988 Welz Gallery, Salzburg
  • 1989 Manus presse gallery, Stuttgart
  • 1992 Gallery Bode Nuremberg
  • 1993 Heylshof , Worms am Rhein
  • 1996 Galerie Schneider, Berlin
  • 1998 Gallery Franziskanergasse, Salzburg
  • 1999 Brake Castle, Lemgo
  • 2003 Fondation Reneé Carcan, Brussels

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 1994 Participation in the 3rd International Graphic Biennale in Oderzo / Italy
  • 1997 Participation in the 22nd International Graphic Biennale in Ljubljana / Slovenia
  • 2007 Participation in the 18th International Biennale for Etching in Sarcelles / France

Book illustrations

  • Artur Schütt, arriving in Ombrosa, 1986
  • William Shakespeare, Un sueño de la noche de San Juan, Circulo de Lectores, 1994, ISBN 84-226-5131-9
  • Lewis Carroll, Alicia en el Pais de las Maravillas, Galaxia Gutenberg / Circulo de Lectores, 1994, Circulo de Lectores: ISBN 84-226-4862-8 , Galaxia Gutenberg: ISBN 84-8109-019-0
  • German Jossé, Enigmatic Palatinate, 2005, ISBN 3-9806997-4-9

literature

  • Gerhard Hofmann, catalog raisonné of printmaking 1982-1990, edited by Christiane and Klaus-Gerrit Friese, manus presse Stuttgart, 1990
  • Gerhard Hofmann drawings, concepts 45/91, with a text by Christiane Faß, published by manus presse GmbH, Stuttgart, 1991
  • Gerhard Hofmann, catalog raisonné of printmaking 1991-1995, published by manus presse GmbH, Stuttgart, 1995
  • Gerhard Hofmann, etchings 1994-2000, published by manus presse GmbH, Stuttgart, 2000, ISBN 3-87507-004-6

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personal data
SURNAME Hofmann, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and etcher
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Worms