April 17, 2024
Douglas Hofmann "Waiting in the Wings" LIMITED EDITION
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"Waiting in the Wings" is a limited edition lithograph on paper, numbered (edition of 95) and hand signed by Hofmann. Includes Certificate of Authenticity! Measures approx. 25" x 39" (with border), 20" x 34" (image). Listprice: $2,250.00 Born in 1945 to German-American parents in Baltimore, Maryland, Douglas Hofmann's artistic interests were encouraged when he was very young. His father built and painted model trains, which they often worked on together; Hofmann credits this experience with teaching him the patience and attention to detail that he now uses every day as a Realist painter. With this background and his natural talent for drawing, Hofmann enrolled at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1963, where he preferred to study the world of the Old Masters of realism, particularly the work of Jan Vermeer. It was at this point that he was introduced to the "Maroger" Method of painting, wherein artists study and attempt to reproduce the techniques and even the chemical makeup of the oil paints of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Hofmann's artistic process is simple but interesting. First, he takes a photograph of his models, settings, and props. "Photography stopslight," he explains, "and is therefore the very best way to keep an image pure." His photographs themselves are beautiful as he has a very good eye for composition,
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