Herve Lucien, Elkan Laszlo called Herve Birth - Death : 1910-? Nationality : Hungarian then French
Laszlo Elkan, who was a wrestling champion in Hungary, came in 1929 to France, where he became a photographer. He adopted the name of Lucien Herve after joining the French Resistance during the Second World War and became Le Corbusier's photographer after 1949.
Herz, David Birth - Death : 1833-1905 Nationality : Hungarian
Painter.
Heyman, Maurycy Birth - Death : ?-1898 Nationality : Polish
Heyman worked as miniature painter. He exhibited his works at the Salon des Artistes Français after studying with Cormon. He died in Algiers in May 1898.
Hildebrand, Frank called Yabon Birth - Death : Active from the last decade of the 20th Century Nationality : French
Painter. Hildebrand has been specializing in underground art.
Hireny, Hirschl Adolf Birth - Death : 1860-1925 Nationality : Hungarian
Hireny studied painting at the Academy in Vienna and exhibited his works in Rome, Paris and Munich. Known as a painter of genre and historical scenes he was awarded the Emperor's prize in 1891.
Hirsch, Alphonse Birth - Death : 1843-1884 Nationality : French
Hirsch studied painting under Bonnat and exhibited his works at the Paris Salon between 1869 and 1882. He painted a group portrait showing the children of the Camondo family.
Hirsch, Rado Nelly Birth - Death : 1872-1915 Nationality : Hungarian
She worked as a portrait painter and produced illustrations in Vienna.
Hirsch, Suzanne Birth - Death : 20th Century Nationality : French
Painter. Hirsch exhibited her works at the Salon des Independants in Paris from 1924.
Hirschel or Hirszel Abraham Birth - Death : 1764-1836 Nationality : Polish
He worked as a miniature painter in Poland.
Hirschfelder, Salomon Birth - Death : 1832-1903 Nationality : German
Hirschfelder studied at the Academy in Munich, where he worked as a genre painter from 1853. He exhibited his works there and in Vienna.
Hirshfeld, Al Birth - Death : 20th Century Nationality : American
Hirschfeld produced caricatures of Hollywood actors.
Hoefflich, Valentin Birth - Death : Active during the first half of the 20th Century Nationality : Rumanian
Painter.
Hoffman, Dezo Birth - Death : 1918-1985 Nationality : Czech
Photographer. Dezo Hoffman settled in Britain during the late 1930s.
Honti, Nandor Birth - Death : 1878-1935 Nationality : Hungarian
Honti studied at the Academie Julian in Paris and then worked as an illustrator.
Hopfenblum, Ludwik Birth - Death : Active during the second half of the 19th Century Nationality : Polish
Hopfenblum studied painting at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw until 1861. It is not known whether he pursued a career as a painter.
Horb, Max Birth - Death : 1882-1907 Nationality : Czech
Painter.
Horowitz, Ryszard Birth - Death : 1939- Nationality : Polish then American
Photographer.
Horst, Leo Birth - Death : 20th Century Nationality : Czech
Graphic artist.
Hosiasson, Philippe Birth - Death : 1898-1978 Nationality : Ukrainian then French
Hosiasson took to drawing at 14 studying under his uncle Leonid Pasternak and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Odessa. He then studied art history in Rome before producing decors for Boris Romanov's Russian Ballets in 1922 in Berlin. Hosiasson came in 1924 to Paris, where he worked as a decorator and exhibited his works in various Parisian Salons and galleries. After taking French nationality in 1928 he joined the “New Humanist” group along with Leon Zack in 1930. Drafted in the French Army in 1939 he was seriously wounded in combat near Dunkirk in 1940 and spent the duration of the war in hiding in southern France. He started to paint informal works in 1947 and exhibited along with Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko and Kenneth Noland at the Kootz Gallery in 1959 in New York. Hosiasson once said that he considered abstraction as a way to express his idea of the world and Judaism.
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