Wlastimil Hofman (1881 Prague - 1970 Szklarska Poreba), Portrait of a Man, 1924.

oil, cardboard, 35 × 43 cm
Signed and dated p.d.: "Wlastimil/Hofman/ 1924"

"In the face of a person is reflected as in a mirror the whole inner life. One can easily read everything from it: wisdom, stupidity, happiness, pain, suffering, envy, hope, longing, misery and affluence."
Wlastimil Hofman, quoted in M. Czapska-Michalik, "Wlastimil Hofman (1881-1970)", Warsaw 2007, p. 34.

"I cannot agree with the term above all, but I can assure everyone that I am a painter of thoughts and experiences. People are only seemingly alike. Even twins sometimes show extremely different characters. Every human being intrigues me because he has something unique, something interesting in him."
Wlastimil Hofman, quoted in B. Czajkowski, "Portrait from Memory," Ossolineum 1971, p. 137.

"In the face of a person is reflected as in a mirror the entire inner life. One can easily read everything from it: wisdom, stupidity, happiness, pain, suffering, envy, hope, longing, misery and affluence." Wlastimil Hofman, quoted in M. Czapska-Michalik, "Wlastimil Hofman (1881-1970)", Warsaw 2007, p. 34.