Gaston Hoffmann (1883-1977) « Aimez-vous les uns les autres » Love one another

Gaston HOFFMANN
(Paris 1883 - Nice 1977)
"Love one another
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
H. 69 cm ; L. 123 cm
Signed lower right. Titled on a label on the back

Provenance: Descendants of the artist.

Related work: - Preparatory charcoal drawing.
- Sketch for the figure of Christ.

Gaston Hoffmann's paintings are rarely seen, but never forgotten. Whether they exude a kind of burlesque poetry of the everyday, or reintroduce the surrealist spirit of Bosch or Brueghel in the midst of the modern period, they always emanate a unique euphoria, humor and inventiveness that give viewers a moment of joy. Jean Veber, his predecessor at the Salon des Humoristes, was clearly one of his models. But his immense paintings, teeming with dozens of small comic characters, also evoke Devambez's transformation from miniature to gigantic...