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Finding Aid to the University of California, Berkeley, University Art Museum Collection of Hans Hofmann Papers, 1929-1976
BANC MSS 80/27 c
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Collection Title: University of California, Berkeley, University Art Museum collection of Hans Hofmann papers
Date (inclusive): 1929-1976
Collection Number: BANC MSS 80/27 c
Creators :
University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum.
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 box, 1 carton and 3 oversize folders
Linear feet: 1.8
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Abstract: The University Art Museum collection of Hans Hofmann papers contain materials relating to his career as a painter and art
teacher, the bulk being exhibit catalogs and announcements, but also includes writings, lectures, speeches, notes, correspondence,
clippings, papers relating to art classes taught by Hofmann, to the collection of Hofmann paintings donated to the University
of California, Berkeley Art Museum and photographs both by and about Hofmann and his artwork.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce must be submitted
in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted
to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], University of California, Berkeley, University Art Museum Collection of Hans Hofmann Papers, BANC
MSS 80/27 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Form und Farbe in der Gestaltung: Ein Lehrbuch für den Kunstunterricht: typescript, by Hans Hofmann, BANC MSS 74/140
Printed materials have been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library.
Sound recordings have been transferred to the Microforms Collection of The Bancroft Library. (Phonotape 1183 C)
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum
Painters--United States
Art teachers--United States
The University Art Museum collection of Hans Hofmann papers were transferred to The Bancroft Library by the University Art
Museum on September 19, 1979. Additions were made by the Hans Renate and Maria Hofmann Trust on October 28, 1998.
No additions are expected.
Processed by Mary Ellen Jones in 1989; additions by Alison E. Bridger in 2006.
Hans Hofmann (1880-1966), an early 20th century artist, an Abstract Expressionist, from Bavaria, started teaching art classes
during summer session at the University of California, Berkley, in 1930. In 1963 he donated forty-five paintings and $250,000
to the University of California on the condition that an art museum be built on campus. Today the Berkeley Art Museum's (or
the University of California, Berkeley, University Art Museum) collection of work by Hofmann is the largest in any museum
internationally.
For a detailed chronology on Hans Hofmann see the Estate of Hans Hofmann website:
Scope and Content of Collection
The University Art Museum collection of Hans Hofmann papers contain materials relating to his career as a painter and art
teacher, the bulk being exhibit catalogs and announcements, but also includes writings, lectures, speeches, notes, correspondence,
clippings, papers relating to art classes taught by Hofmann, to the collection of Hofmann paintings donated to the University
of California, Berkeley Art Museum and photographs both by and about Hofmann and his artwork.
There is a small amount of correspondence, most of which concerns Hofmann's gift of his paintings to the University Art Museum
at the University of California, Berkeley. The outgoing letters are mostly written to Erle Loran, and the incoming letters
written to Hofmann and others.
Hofmann's writings contain a photocopy of his typescript for
Form und Farbe in der Gestaltung, with an English translation by Glenn A. Wessels, but also include a number of his lectures and speeches about his art.
The bulk of the collection consists of numerous exhibition catalogs and announcements of one-man shows or exhibitions in which
Hofmann was represented. Papers relating to art classes taught by Hofmann include a prospectus, announcement, and notes from
his classes. Papers relating to the Hofmann collection at the University Art Museum include condition and restoration reports,
catalog notes, book orders, and other notes and memoranda detailing arrangements for his gift and dedication of the Hofmann
wing at the museum.
Papers written about Hofmann have been supplemented with miscellaneous biographical materials, clippings, and photographs,
which have been retained in the collection.