Acropolis
Acropolis

© Charles Hoffbauer

Acropolis
Acropolis

Currently not on view

Acropolis,

ca. 1906–10

Charles Hoffbauer, French, 1875–1957
2004-479
Charles Hoffbauer’s father was Theodor Hoffbauer, an architect known for panoramic reconstructions of ancient cities and of Paris in earlier times. The son studied with Gustave Moreau, traveled to Italy in 1902, and was in Greece and Egypt between 1906 and 1910. This sketch captures the forms of mountain and temple in the spirit of his father, but bathed in jewel-colored light recalling the Symbolist style of his master, Moreau.

Information

Title
Acropolis
Dates

ca. 1906–10

Maker
Charles Hoffbauer
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.7 cm (9 x 12 1/16 in.) frame: 34 × 41.4 × 4.5 cm (13 3/8 × 16 5/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Remak Ramsay, Class of 1958
Object Number
2004-479
Place Made

Europe, France

Place Depicted

Europe, Greece, Athens, Acropolis of Athens

Signatures
Signed, lower right: C. Hoffbauer
Culture
French
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Subject
landscapes (representations), acropolises, buildings, mountains

Young Fine Arts Gallery, [?North Berwick, Maine?],Saturday, September 20, 1997, Fine Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints, lot 169, as "The Parthenon" est. $500-750, sold $425; Remak Ramsay, Class of 1958; 2004 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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