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Felix Hoffmann
Felix Hoffmann: A Swiss Master of Image and Light Felix Hoffmann (18 April 1911 in Aarau – 16 June 1975) stands as a quietly significant figure in 20th-century European art, a master whose diverse talents—graphic design, illustration, and stained glass—combined to create a uniquely evocative body of work. Born into a family deeply rooted in Swiss culture, Hoffmann’s artistic journey unfolded against the backdrop of a rapidly changing world, marked by both economic hardship and burgeoning artistic movements. His legacy isn't one of grand, public pronouncements, but rather a quiet accumulation…
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An Interactive Constellation
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Felix Hoffmann's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Focus a Subject
Trace a Context
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.