Frank Horvat

(French, 1928–2020)

alain bernardin et dodo by frank horvat

Frank Horvat

Alain Bernardin et Dodo, 1962

1,500–2,200 EUR

paris by frank horvat

Frank Horvat

Paris, 1956

1,500–2,200 EUR

le sphynx f by frank horvat

Frank Horvat

Le Sphynx F, 1956

3,500–4,500 EUR

Biography

Timeline

1928
Born in in Abbazia, Italy
1939 - 1945
Lived in Lugano, Switzerland
1949 - 1953
Moved to Milan, Itally and studied at the Accademia di Brera
1950
Met Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris
1952 - 1953
Traveled to Pakistan and India as free-lance photographer
1953 - 1959
Worked at an advertising firm in Milano, Italy
1954 - 1955
Moved to London and worked for LIFE and Picture Post
1955
Moved to Paris
1957 - 1962
Became a fashion photographer and worked for Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, and Jardin des Modes
1958 - 1961
Became part of MAGNUM as an associate photographer

Exhibitions

2009
Frank Horvat "Very Similar" Galerie Hiltawsky, Berlin (solo)
2006
Prints in black and white and in colour, Tristan's Gallery, Cornwall, GB
ICONES ET INEDITS, Digital black and white prints, La Maison-pres-Bastille, Paris
2005
Photographs of the sculptures by Robert Couturier, Musee Maillol, Paris
LA VERONIQUE, Assolibri Gallery, Florence, Italy
2004
Archival inkjet prints, Wouter Van Leeuwen Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Black and white vintage prints, Janos Gat Gallery, New York, USA
LA VERONIQUE, Nature and Landscape Festival, La Gacilly, France
LA VERONIQUE, Dina Vierny Gallery, Paris
2003
Personal exhibition at Fahey-Klein Gallery, Los Angeles: BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS
Personal retrospective exhibition at Maison de la Photographie, Toulon, France
2002
Personal exhibition at Fundation Vila Casas, Barcelona, Spain : HOMAGE TO CATALONIA
Personal exhibition at Janos Gat Gallery, New York: 1999, A DAILY REPORT
Personal exhibition at Staley Wise Gallery, New York: STRIP-TEASE
Personal exhibition at Haeckelbury Fine Arts, London: BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS
Personal exhibition at Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris : VRAIES SEMBLANCES
Personal exhibition at Fifty-one Fine Art Photography, Antwerpen: BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS
2001
Personal exhibition at Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris: STRIP TEASE
2000
Personal exhibition at Galerie Serge Aboucrat, Paris: MINI-RETROSPECTIVE
Personal exhibition at Jane Jackson Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA: VERY SIMILAR
Personal exhibition at Galerie in focus, Cologne, Germany: 51 PHOTOGRAPHS IN BLACK & WHITE
Personal exhibition at Sao Paolo, Brasil: FASHION PHOTOGRAPHS
Personal exhibition at Stadtgalerie, Kiel, Germany: NEW YORK UP AND DOWN
Personal ex. Musee Regional des Centovalli, Intragna, Suisse: 51 PHOTOGRAPHS IN BLACK AND WHITE
Personal exhibition at Musee Maillol, Paris: 1999, A DAILY REPORT and PARIS VINTAGE
Personal exhibition at Galleria Assolibri, Firenze, Italy, of 51 PHOTOGRAPHS IN BLACK AND WHITE
1999
Personal exhibition at Casa di Goethe, Rome: GOETHE IN SICILY
Personal exhibition at the Zoological Museum in Kiel, Germany: HORVAT'S BESTIARY
Personal exhibition at Hackelbury Fine Arts, London: VERY SIMILAR
1998
Personal exhibition "GOETHE IN SICILY" at Goethe-Haus, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Personal exhibition "51 PHOTOGRAPHIES EN NOIR ET BLANC" and - "70 ANS-70 PHOTOS", at Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris
"VRAIES SEMBLANCES, Institut Francais, Valence
"51 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS" Galeria Railowski