Hans Hofmann: the abstract expressionism master

He was born in 1880 (before Jackson Pollock) and died in 1966. He was famous for his push pull theory which is a 3 dimensional illusion created by 2 dimensional shapes. For example:





































He was focused on nature, positive and negative space, and geometric shapes.
His work was taken well by society, but never made any sort of art movement.
He was considered a synthesist because he combined Synthetic Cubist methods and concepts of Cezanne, Kandinsky, and Picasso.
He opened up his own art schools in New York and Massachusetts and taught many students who went on to be abstract expressionists like himself.