08/02/2026
Figuration vs. Abstraction – The Battle on Canvas 🎨
After the war, two languages of painting spoke for Germany’s future. Hofer held the human figure as memory and measure. Baumeister stretched shapes into a universal rhythm. Critics and friends chose sides. The debate itself became a canvas of modernity.
Karl Hofer: Zwischen Schönheit und Wahrheit presents over 50 works tracing Hofer’s trajectory between Expressionism, New Objectivity, and Magical Realism, underscoring his pursuit of human presence through form and compositional rigor.
