Charles Herman Hoffman (1900-1973), Portrait Of Young Woman, Oil On Canvas

Charles Herman Hoffman (1900-1973)
Portrait of a young woman, mother of the artist?, 1929
Oil on canvas
Signed “CH Hoffman” and dated “1929” lower left
Annotated “Portrait de M. J - Charles Hoffman - 30 rue Prosper Matthys Forest - 57 - 1er portrait de Maman” on the back
54 x 40 cm
Tiny traces of cracks

Painter of Belgian origin born in Brussels in 1900, Charles Herman Hoffman comes from a family of artists: he is the son of Guillaume-François Hoffman (1863-?), painter and professor of anatomy, and the brother by Lucien Hoffman (1891-1951), sculpture and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. A discreet artist, Charles Hoffman mainly produces portraits, still lifes and interior scenes representing moments stolen from the intimate life of the home. The physiognomy of the model represented on our canvas comes up repeatedly in the artist's work, which suggests that it was a person from his close circle.

Public collections: Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts