Germaine Hoffmann

Germaine Hoffmann
Born
Germaine Schmit

(1930-04-28)28 April 1930
Ospern, Luxembourg
Died22 July 2024(2024-07-22) (aged 94)
Luxembourg
NationalityLuxembourgish
Known forPainter, collage artist
Spouse
Léopold Hoffmann
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(m. 1950; died 2008)​
Children2

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]

References

  1. ^ ""Germaine Hoffmann"". National Museum of History and Art: Lëtzebuerger Konschtlexikon.
  2. ^ Giulio-Enrico Pisani (2020). "Germaine Hoffmann dévore à pleine dents…". Zeitung vum Lëtzebuerger Vollek.
  3. ^ Lambert Herr (2001). Signatures, portraits et auto-portraits : artistes plasticiens au Luxembourg. Luxemburg: Éditions Saint-Paul. p. 135. ISBN 2-87963-382-6.
  4. ^ ""HOFFMANN Germaine"". Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg.
  5. ^ Jos Welter (1993). Rétrospective : Cent ans d'art luxembourgeois 1893-1993. Luxemburg: Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg / Crauthem: Lux-Print. ISBN 2-919970-24-0.
  6. ^ ""Casino Luxembourg to Exhibit Works of Local Artist Germaine Hoffmann"". Chronicle.lu. 24 August 2020.
  7. ^ ""Germaine Hoffmann at Casino Luxembourg"". Daily Lazy. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Portrait vun der Germaine Hoffmann". Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Trauer um Germaine Hoffmann: Luxemburger Künstlerin ist verstorben". www.wort.lu.