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Hofmann

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Hof·mann  (hfmn, hôfmän), Hans 1880-1966.
German-born American artist who opened two art schools in New York City and Provincetown, Massachusetts, (1932-1958) that were important in the development of abstract expressionism.

Hofmann, Josef Casimir 1876-1957.
Polish-born American pianist and composer who helped found the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia (1924).

Hofmann [ˈhɒfmən]
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(Biographies / Hofmann, Hans (1880-1966) M, USnational of birth: German, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Hans. 1880-1966, US painter, born in Germany: a pioneer of the abstract expressionist style


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Hans Hofmann of the University of Texas at Austin, who has studied cricket fights, says that in many animals, aggressive behaviors differ between the sexes.
Anne Hofmann of the Donnell Library Center, Howard Haughton of City Harvest, Pam Delaney of the New York City Police Foundation, Meredith Kane, chairperson, and Tim Welch, president, of the Ave.
IN JANUARY the Swiss inventor of lysergic acid diethylamide, Albert Hofmann, turned 100 and was honored at a Basel symposium called "LSD: Problem Child and Wonder Drug" Hofmann first synthesized the hallucinogen in 1938, and the pharmaceutical giant Sandoz (now Novartis) began marketing the drug as a treatment for psychological problems a decade later.
 
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