Horst P. Horst

(American/German, 1906–1999)

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Horst P. Horst

Male Nude I (Leg Up), NY, 1952

Price on Request

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Horst P. Horst

Triangle Male Nude, NY, 1952

Price on Request

Biography

Timeline

1926 - 1928
Studied architecture at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Hamburg
1930
Student-apprentice, studio of the architect Le Corbusier, Paris
1932 - 1935
Photographer, with George Hoyningen-Huene, in Vogue magazine studios, Conde Nast Publications, Paris and in New York
1935
Emigrated to the United States
1942 - 1945
Technical sergeant in the US Army
1942
Educated at the Oberrealschule, Weissenfels
1952 - 1970
Maintained Horst Studio, New York

Exhibitions

2012
Icons of Fashion and Beauty - Bernheimer Fine Art Photography, Munich
Poetic Renaissance - Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg
Beyond Words: Photography in The New Yorker - UCCA - Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
The Nude Interpreted - Staley-Wise Gallery, New York City, NY
Various Artists - From Collectors' Archives - Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Celebrities & Fashion of the 20th Century - in focus Galerie, Cologne
Westlich Foto - & Kamrea Auktion - WestLicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie, Vienna
Vanity - Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier), Vienna
Becoming: Photographs from the Collection of John and Ginny Soule - Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
Great Moments in Glamour - Museum Ludwig, Cologne
2010
Red Dior - Kunstverein Talstrasse e.V., Halle (Saale)
Fotografien 2010 - Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart
Foto- & Kamera - Auktion - WestLicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie, Vienna
25 years/25 Works - Wessel + O'Connor Fine Art, New York City, NY
Nudes - Camera Work, Berlin
Another Nude Show - Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Woman's Image - Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Architecture of Fashion - Holden Luntz Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
exposed - Aktfotografie des XX. Jahrhunderts - in focus Galerie, Cologne
2009
Horst P. Horst - Flo Peters Gallery , Hamburg
Something for Everyone - Hamiltons Gallery, London (England)
I love Art 10 - The Fallen Angels - Watari-Um - Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Fashion is Big - Holden Luntz Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2008
Horst P. Horst - Photographs - Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Herb Rítts & Horst P Horst - Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
Dalla Presitoria al Futuro. Capolavori dalla collezione Bischofsberger - Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin
Mujeres en plural - Fundacion Canal, Madrid
Fashion - Camera Work, Berlin
Fotógrafos da Vida Moderna - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo
Gallery Selections - Hamiltons Gallery, London (England)
2007
Horst P. Horst - Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Masterpieces - Grieder Contemporary Sils-Maria, Sils-Maria
2006
Horst Centennial - Shadow and Light - Staley-Wise Gallery, New York City, NY
Platinum - Hamiltons Gallery, London (England)
Horst P. Horst - Stellan Holm Gallery, New York City, NY
2005
Horst P. Horst - The selected works - Aidan Gallery, Moscow
The World Of H.p. Horst - Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
2001
National Portrait Gallery, London -solo
2000
Horst Form at Hamiltons Gallery, London -solo

Public Collections

Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel