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Karl Hofer

The Letter

1934
oil on canvas
90.7 × 70 cm (35.7 × 27.6 in)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Hofer's art is filled with disillusionment and pessimism, expressing his dark vision of modern life through a limited range of themes that the artist repeated obsessively. Born in Karlsruhe, Hofer settled in Berlin in 1913. Condemned by the Nazis as a "degenerate artist," in 1933 he was dismissed from his teaching post. In 1943 Hofer's studio and most of his work were destroyed by bombing.

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