TOM HOPS (1906-1976). Mountain landscape.

Tom Hops (1906-1976), Mountain landscape, oil on canvas, laid on cardboard, 1958, signed and dated, approx. 50 x 65 cm, with frame approx. 75 x 89.5 cm.

The Hamburg painter and graphic artist Tom Hops is considered an important representative of the "Lost Generation" and a formative figure of North German post-war modernism. He was supported early on by Berlin avant-garde gallery owners such as Alfred Flechtheim. After 1945, he was a co-founder of the "Hamburger Gruppe 1945". He became known primarily for his expressive, colourful landscapes, harbour motifs and city vedute. Works by the artist are held in collections including the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Altonaer Museum.