Paderewski the Artist

Malvina Cornell Hoffman American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

In 1922 Hoffman met the renowned Polish pianist and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941) while visiting Switzerland. Paderewski, also a statesman, was attending sessions at the League of Nations in Geneva; there Hoffman studied his features and began to prepare a portrait bust of him. Later, in New York, Hoffman created a portrait Paderewski the Statesman (1922; Steinway Hall, New York) and a bust that represented his artistic persona. Upon seeing it in Hoffman’s studio, Paderewski approvingly called it "a portrait of my inner self lost in my music."

Paderewski the Artist, Malvina Cornell Hoffman (American, New York 1885–1966 New York), Bronze (marble base)

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Paderewski the Artist, Malvina Cornell Hoffman (American, New York 1885–1966 New York), Bronze (marble base)
Paderewski the Artist, Malvina Cornell Hoffman (American, New York 1885–1966 New York), Bronze (marble base)

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