Johann Baptist Hofner
(1832 - 1913)
 

Johann Baptist Hofner was born in 1832 at Aresing near Schrobenhausen. Starting in 1847 Hofner attended the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, where he was taught by Karl Theodor von Piloty. Because of the close proximity he early on cultivated contacts with the family von Lenbach, which stems fom Schrobenhausen. Especially with Franz von Lenbach he developed a friendship marked by mutual artistic exchange. In the years from 1854 to 1856 the two painters lived together at Hofners birthplace Aresing, resulting in the establishment of the "Aresinger Artist Colony".

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The little shepherdess
1866
Oil on canvas
120 x 90 cm
Private collection (sold at Christie’s)