Frank Horvat

(French, 1928–2020)

Frank Horvat is an Italian-born French photographer known for capturing a broad range of motifs in both color and black-and-white. Influenced by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Horvat applied the aesthetics of photo journalism to capturing images of fashion models. “There's this idea that photography is a kind of testimony and therefore we're forbidden to tell lies with it,” he has explained. “I think that's nonsense. Photography isn't testimony.” Born on April 28, 1928 in Abbazia, Italy (present-day Opatija, Croatia), he and his family lived around Europe before settling in France in 1955. He made his debut as a photojournalist in the 1950s, and went on to collaborate with numerous fashion magazines, including Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, and Jardin des Modes. At the beginning of the 1980s, when an illness that affected his eyesight briefly forced him to put his camera aside, Horvat threw himself into a series of interviews with notable photographers, including Helmut Newton and Robert Doisneau. As early as 1989, Horvat became interested in digital photography, and this curiosity towards new technology led him to create his own iPad application, Horvatland, in 2011. The artist continues to live and work in Paris, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, and the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, among others.

Frank Horvat Artworks

Frank Horvat (535 results)

Givenchy Hat C, Paris, 1958

Frank Horvat

Givenchy Hat C, Paris, 1958

Sale Date: December 17, 2014

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From the Series Goethe in Sizilien (12), 1981

Frank Horvat

From the Series Goethe in Sizilien (12), 1981

Sale Date: November 26, 2014

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Paris le Sphynx h, 1956

Frank Horvat

Paris le Sphynx h, 1956

Sale Date: November 26, 2014

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Paris Prostitutes in Bois de Boulogne, 1956

Frank Horvat

Paris Prostitutes in Bois de Boulogne, 1956

Sale Date: November 26, 2014

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Strip-Tease, Le Sphinx, Pigalle, Paris, 1955–1959

Frank Horvat

Strip-Tease, Le Sphinx, Pigalle, Paris, 1955–1959

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Strip-Tease, Le Sphinx, Pigalle, Paris, 1955–1959

Frank Horvat

Strip-Tease, Le Sphinx, Pigalle, Paris, 1955–1959

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Givenchy hat (B), jardin des modes, Paris, 1958

Frank Horvat

Givenchy hat (B), jardin des modes, Paris, 1958

Sale Date: November 14, 2014

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Givenchy hat (A), jardin des modes, Paris, 1958

Frank Horvat

Givenchy hat (A), jardin des modes, Paris, 1958

Sale Date: November 14, 2014

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Rome, 1962

Frank Horvat

Sale Date: November 14, 2014

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Givenchy hat, Paris, 1957

Frank Horvat

Givenchy hat, Paris, 1957

Sale Date: November 14, 2014

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Shoe and Eiffel Tower D, Paris, 1974

Frank Horvat

Shoe and Eiffel Tower D, Paris, 1974

Sale Date: October 28, 2014

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Paris, Shoe and Eiffel Tower A, 1974

Frank Horvat

Paris, Shoe and Eiffel Tower A, 1974

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Evening dress, 1985

Frank Horvat

Evening dress, 1985

Sale Date: June 25, 2014

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Ad for chantelle lingerie, 1958

Frank Horvat

Ad for chantelle lingerie, 1958

Sale Date: June 25, 2014

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Marie-Paule, série Vraies semblances, 1980

Frank Horvat

Marie-Paule, série Vraies semblances, 1980

Sale Date: June 14, 2014

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Harper's Bazaar collections A, Rome, 1962

Frank Horvat

Harper's Bazaar collections A, Rome, 1962

Sale Date: July 1, 2014

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Camera Work Portfolio (portfolio of 11), 1980–1986

Frank Horvat

Camera Work Portfolio (portfolio of 11), 1980–1986

Sale Date: July 1, 2014

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For l'Officiel, Paris, 1989

Frank Horvat

For l'Officiel, Paris, 1989

Sale Date: July 1, 2014

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Harper Bazaar Collection, Paris, 1962

Frank Horvat

Harper Bazaar Collection, Paris, 1962

Sale Date: June 6, 2014

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Paris, shoe + Eiffel Tower D, 1974

Frank Horvat

Paris, shoe + Eiffel Tower D, 1974

Sale Date: May 28, 2014

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Givenchy Hat C, Paris, 1958

Frank Horvat

Givenchy Hat C, Paris, 1958

Sale Date: May 28, 2014

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Cabaret Le Sphinx (from the series..., 1955–1959

Frank Horvat

Cabaret Le Sphinx (from the series..., 1955–1959

Sale Date: May 23, 2014

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Shoe and Eiffel Tower D, Paris,, 1974

Frank Horvat

Shoe and Eiffel Tower D, Paris,, 1974

Sale Date: May 8, 2014

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Givenchy Hat B, Paris, for Jardin des Modes, 1958

Frank Horvat

Givenchy Hat B, Paris, for Jardin des Modes, 1958

Sale Date: April 29, 2014

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