Flowering Branch
1953
An oil painting that transforms natural botanical subject matter into an abstract expressionist composition with bold colors and gestural forms. The work demonstrates Hofmann's ability to extract emotional essence from nature through non-objective means.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern Day Auction
May 18, 2022
Estimate: $80,000 – $120,000
Lot 109
Spotted works by Hans Hofmann
Artists in conversation
Joan Mitchell
American · b. 1925
Mitchell similarly transforms natural subjects like gardens and landscapes into lyrical abstract expressionist compositions using bold gestural brushwork and vibrant color fields on canvas, sharing Hofmann's emotional approach to botanically inspired abstraction.
Willem de Kooning
Dutch-American · b. 1904
De Kooning worked in the same Abstract Expressionist movement during the 1950s with similarly bold gestural oil painting techniques that extracted raw emotional energy from organic forms through expressive color and dynamic brushwork.
Lee Krasner
American · b. 1908
Krasner created Abstract Expressionist oil paintings in the 1950s that frequently referenced natural and botanical forms through lyrical gestural strokes and vibrant color combinations, closely paralleling Hofmann's approach of channeling nature into non objective emotional compositions.
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