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Watercolor and tempera on white ribbed wove paper Germany, circa 1950 Carl Hofer (1878-1955) - German painter and graphic artist Mounted under mat Overall dimensions framed: 62.5 x 49.5 cm Provenance: Private Collection Berlin A portrait in white with different color shades featuring Hofer's typical reduced formal language; comparable drawings of heads fetch over 13,000 euros at the international auction market This watercolor by Carl Hofer (1878-1955) depicts the veiled head of a woman. The portrait featuring Hofer's typical reduced formal language is rendered mainly in white with different shades of color. The present work is a lyrical portrait from Hofer's post-war oeuvre, in which the artist comes to terms with his impressions of the war. Despite the predominance of abstraction Hofer held on to the tradition of figurative painting. He created works, which show his pursuit of an aesthetic ideal but also works depicting the harsh reality whereby the human being always occupied a central position in his oeuvre. The work is overall in good condition. The paper is visibly time-stained, the margin shows slight light-staining. The sheet is matted on the reverse along the edges. The frame shows some wear. The framed work measures 62.5 x 49.5 cm, the sheet size is approx. 53.5 x 42 cm. Carl Hofer (1878-1955) Carl Hofer first studied at the Academy of Arts in Karlsruhe before traveling to Rome and Paris where he became acquainted with the naive paintings by Henri Rousseau and later the work by Cézanne, the French Impressionists and El Greco. In 1913 Hofer settled in Berlin and taught at the art school in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In 1928 a large retrospective took place at the Kunsthalle Mannheim, the Berlin Secession and the Berlin gallery of Alfred Flechtheim. During the Third Reich his art was classified as 'degenerate', Hofer was prohibited from working and exhibiting. In 1943 almost his entire oeuvre was destroyed during a bomb attack. After the war he was appointed director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin. Hofer was an advocate of the realist tradition. His oeuvre occupies a special position within classical modernism, his work defined on the one hand by his pursuit of an ideal classical form, which can be seen in his landscapes, still lifes and interiors, and on the other hand by the unadorned representation of the real world as depicted in his visionary paintings and melancholic portraits of women. Due to the legal obligation for the resale royalty in the art market the following applies: As a result of its membership in the AV Kunst, Auctionata charges additionally to the hammer price the contribution to the AV Kunst of currently 2.1% of the revenues from the sale of fine arts and photographs pro rata towards the buyer. More information about royalty right in our T&C.