Jan Cornelis Hofman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Cornelis Hofman

Dutch painter

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1889

Place of Birth: Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 30-Apr-1966

Profession: painter, botanical illustrator

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jan Cornelis Hofman, alias Jean Hofman, was a Dutch post-impressionist painter, born on April 12, 1889 in Nieuwer-Amstel (the Netherlands), died April 30, 1966 in Schaerbeek - Brussels (Belgium).
He began as decorator and painter of porcelains in Delft (Netherlands). His artistic preferences for post-impressionism result in painting Flanders' landscapes, marines, farms' interiors, still lifes and flowers, but very few portraits. Living in Brussels as from 1913, he was member of the group «L'Effort» and is mainly considered as Belgian artist…