Jan Cornelis Hofman

Jan Cornelis Hofman, alias Jean Hofman, was a Dutch post-impressionist painter, born on April 12, 1889, in Nieuwer-Amstel (Netherlands) and died on April 30, 1966, in Schaerbeek, Brussels (Belgium). He began as a decorator and porcelain painter in Delft (Netherlands).

His post-impressionist artistic preferences led him to paint Flemish landscapes, seascapes, farmhouse interiors, still lifes and flowers, but very few portraits. Living in Brussels as from 1913, he was member of the free workshop L'Effort and is mainly considered a Belgian artist.