Germaine Hoffmann Explained

Germaine Hoffmann
Birth Name:Germaine Schmit
Birth Date:28 April 1930
Birth Place:Ospern, Luxembourg
Death Place:Luxembourg
Nationality:Luxembourgish
Children:2
Field:Painter, collage artist

Germaine Hoffmann-Schmit (28 April 1930 – 22 July 2024) was a Luxembourgish painter and collage artist.[1]

Life and work

Germaine Schmit married writer Léopold Hoffmann (1915–2008) in 1950. They were the parents of a daughter, who married actor André Jung, and director Frank Hoffmann. From 1968 to 1998, she took evening courses and summer academies in various artistic techniques,[2] including at the Académie Européenne Libre des Beaux-Arts and the Lycée des Arts et Métiers.[3]

Hoffmann-Schmit created paintings and collages in mixed media, in which she often incorporated torn newspapers. She was a member of the Cercle artistique de Luxembourg,[4] and had participated in the artist association's salons since 1987.[5] Solo exhibitions include those at Galerie Simoncini (1986, 1991), at Clervaux Castle (1988), and at Casino Luxembourg (2020) with the exhibition Die Zeit ist ein gieriger Hund.[6] [7] In 2008, Hoffmann was appointed a Knight of the Order of Merit of Adolf of Nassau.[8]

Hoffmann died on 22 July 2024, at the age of 94.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Germaine Hoffmann". Lëtzebuerger Konschtlexikon. National Museum of History and Art.
  2. Book: Giulio-Enrico Pisani. "Germaine Hoffmann dévore à pleine dents…". Zeitung vum Lëtzebuerger Vollek. 2020.
  3. Book: Lambert Herr. 2001. Signatures, portraits et auto-portraits : artistes plasticiens au Luxembourg. Luxemburg: Éditions Saint-Paul. 2-87963-382-6. 135.
  4. Web site: "HOFFMANN Germaine". Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg.
  5. Book: Jos Welter. 1993. Rétrospective : Cent ans d'art luxembourgeois 1893-1993. Luxemburg: Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg / Crauthem. Lux-Print. 2-919970-24-0.
  6. Web site: "Casino Luxembourg to Exhibit Works of Local Artist Germaine Hoffmann". Chronicle.lu. 24 August 2020.
  7. Web site: "Germaine Hoffmann at Casino Luxembourg". Daily Lazy. 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20231208170211/https://daily-lazy.com/2020/11/germaine-hoffman-at-casino-luxembourg.html?m=1. 8 December 2023. dead.
  8. Web site: Portrait vun der Germaine Hoffmann. Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg. https://web.archive.org/web/20180701183028/http://cal.lu/galeries_artistes/hoffmann/hoffmann.php. 1 July 2018.
  9. Web site: Trauer um Germaine Hoffmann: Luxemburger Künstlerin ist verstorben. www.wort.lu.

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