Artist’s Portrait Karl Hofer (1878-1955) (1)

Unknown artist

Black and white photography, inside, studio, 1950 Sitting a piece of a knee, a quarter profile on the left with a pipe - the painter Hofer, 72 years old, sits obliquely to the left on a stool, the legs placed next to each other. He bends to the left by supporting his elbow on the left thigh. The forearm lies across the abdomen, the left hand holds the right hand. His right arm is also angled, the right hand is on the right thigh, he holds a pipe between the index and middle fingers. The painter looks to the right, seriously, almost a little absent in front of him. Hofer wears a bright shirt made of a solid fabric, buttoned up with a wide button bar in the middle. In addition, a pants made of a warm material with a pattern of roosters in black and white. The elongated, narrow head has a bare hair on the sides except for a few gray hair. The striking face is characterized by several folds, there are many horizontal folds on the forehead and a deep longitudinal tuck on the cheeks on the right and left. He wears a small gray mustache. At the chin he has a small green. In the background, the outlines of paintings that are distributed on the floor are not clearly visible. Bes. Feature: It is an original print by photographer Schimpf. Above the knees a pencil stroke has been drawn across. Ch. K.