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)

India, 1952–1953

Frank Horvat

India, 1952–1953

Sale Date: March 17, 2020

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India, 1952–1953

Frank Horvat

India, 1952–1953

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India, Opium, 1952–1953

Frank Horvat

India, Opium, 1952–1953

Sale Date: March 17, 2020

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Processione, Puglia, Monte S. Angelo, 1950

Frank Horvat

Processione, Puglia, Monte S. Angelo, 1950

Sale Date: March 17, 2020

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Simone A, London, for British

Frank Horvat

Simone A, London, for British "Vogue", 1961

Sale Date: May 12, 2020

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Gitanes, 1990

Frank Horvat

Gitanes, 1990

Sale Date: January 16, 2020

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Processione, 1980

Frank Horvat

Processione, 1980

Sale Date: December 12, 2019

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Untitled (Model), 1980–1989

Frank Horvat

Untitled (Model), 1980–1989

Sale Date: December 16, 2019

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Givenchy Hat B, 1958

Frank Horvat

Givenchy Hat B, 1958

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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GIVENCHY HAT C, 1958

Frank Horvat

GIVENCHY HAT C, 1958

Sale Date: October 3, 2019

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Crazy Horse Show, Paris, 1962

Frank Horvat

Crazy Horse Show, Paris, 1962

Sale Date: July 19, 2019

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Rome, Deborah Dixon & Antero Piletti,..., 1962

Frank Horvat

Rome, Deborah Dixon & Antero Piletti,..., 1962

Sale Date: June 19, 2019

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

Frank Horvat

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

Sale Date: June 19, 2019

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Givenchy Hat A, Jardin des Modes, Paris, 1958, 1958

Frank Horvat

Givenchy Hat A, Jardin des Modes, Paris, 1958, 1958

Sale Date: June 19, 2019

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Coco Chanel, 1959

Frank Horvat

Coco Chanel, 1959

Sale Date: June 6, 2019

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Strip tease

Frank Horvat

Sale Date: June 6, 2019

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Nina Ricci Fashion Shooting, 1959

Frank Horvat

Nina Ricci Fashion Shooting, 1959

Sale Date: May 24, 2019

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Crazy Horse Show, Paris, 1962

Frank Horvat

Crazy Horse Show, Paris, 1962

Sale Date: April 5, 2019

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Paris, for Jardin des Modes, Givenchy Hat (b), 1958

Frank Horvat

Paris, for Jardin des Modes, Givenchy Hat (b), 1958

Sale Date: April 2, 2019

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Fashion Study for British Vogue (Simone..., 1961

Frank Horvat

Fashion Study for British Vogue (Simone..., 1961

Sale Date: February 7, 2019

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METRO, PARIS, 1959

Frank Horvat

METRO, PARIS, 1959

Sale Date: January 30, 2019

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LA PLACE DE LA CONCORDE, PARIS

Frank Horvat

LA PLACE DE LA CONCORDE, PARIS

Sale Date: January 30, 2019

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Untitled, for British

Frank Horvat

Untitled, for British "Vogue", English..., 1961

Sale Date: December 11, 2018

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Portrait de jeune femme, 1958

Frank Horvat

Portrait de jeune femme, 1958

Sale Date: November 23, 2018

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