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Frank Horvat (French, 1928)
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Frank Horvat
Givency Hat A 1958
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Frank Horvat
Shoe and Eiffel Tower 1974
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Biography |
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1928 |
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Born in in Abbazia, Italy |
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1939 - 1945 |
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Lived in Lugano, Switzerland |
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1950 |
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Met Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris |
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1949 - 1953 |
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Moved to Milano, Itally and studied at the Accademia di Brera |
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1952 - 1953 |
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Travelled to Pakistan and India as free-lance photographer |
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1954 - 1955 |
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Moved to London and worked for LIFE and Picture Post |
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1955 |
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Moved to Paris |
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1953 - 1959 |
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Worked at an advertising firm in Milano, Italy |
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1958 - 1961 |
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Became part of MAGNUM as an associate photographer |
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1957 - 1962 |
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Became a fashion photographer and worked for Jardin des Modes, Elle, Glamour, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, etc. |
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1962 - 1963 |
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Worked on two books, Strip-Tease and Television |
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1986 - 1987 |
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Worked on "Entre Vues": interviews with famous photographers |
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1989 |
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Began experimenting with digital imaging |
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1990 - 1998 |
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Worked on projects for books, including "Sculptures by Degas", "Bestiarium", "Chimerae", "Ovid's Metamorphases", "Walks Around Boulougne-Billancourt" |
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2003 - 2004 |
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Worked on "La Veronique": 50 yards around my house in Provence |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Frank Horvat "Very Similar" Galerie Hiltawsky, Berlin (solo) |
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2006 |
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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 |
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2005 |
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Photographs of the sculptures by Robert Couturier, Musee Maillol, Paris
LA VERONIQUE, Assolibri Gallery, Florence, Italy |
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2004 |
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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 |
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2003 |
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Personal exhibition at Fahey-Klein Gallery, Los Angeles: BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS
Personal retrospective exhibition at Maison de la Photographie, Toulon, France |
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2002 |
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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 |
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2001 |
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Personal exhibition at Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris: STRIP TEASE |
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2000 |
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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 |
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1999 |
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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 |
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1998 |
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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 |
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1997 |
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Personal exhibition at Photographie-Forum, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Personal exhibition at Institut Francais, Prag, Czech Republic
Personal exhibition at Institut Francais, Bratislava, Slovakia
Personal exhibition "VINTAGE PRINTS" at Staley-Wise Gallery, New York
Personal exhibition "HIGH FASHION PHOTOGRAPHS IN ROME, FOR HARPER'S BAZAAR", at Galleria Acta International, Rome, Italy |
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1995 |
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Personal exhibition "PLEASE DON'T SMILE " at Hamiltons, London, Staley Wise, New York, Carla Sozzani, Milano, Agathe Gaillard, Paris
Personal exhibition "LE BESTIAIRE D'HORVAT" at Centro Krizia, Milano, Italy
Personal exhibition "LE BESTIAIRE D'HORVAT" at Parc Regional de la Bresse, France
Personal exhibition "FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY" at Fotofest, Houston, USA |
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1994 |
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Collective exhibition of the SELECT COLLECTION at Musee de l'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland
Personal exhibition "LE BESTIAIRE D'HORVAT", at Centre National de la Photographie, Paris |
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1993 |
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FASHION PHOTOGRAPHS" as part of "VANITES" at Centre National de la Photographie, Paris
Personal exhibition at Foto-folies, Rodez, France. |
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1992 |
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Personal exhibition "DIGITAL IMAGES", at Galerie Pictorial, Paris
"SCULPTURES BY DEGAS", as part of collective exhibition "PHOTOGRAPHIE ET SCULPTURE", at Centre National de la Photographie, Paris |
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1991 |
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Personal exhibition at Vision Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Retrospective exhibition at Galerie du Chateau d'Eau, Toulouse, France |
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1990 |
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Personal exhibition "VRAIES SEMBLANCES", Fotofest, Houston, USA
Personal exhibition "VRAIES SEMBLANCES" at French Institute, New York
Personal exhibition "FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY" at several FNAC centers in France
Personal exhibition at Folio Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Personal exhibition "DIGITAL PRINTS" at FNAC, Paris |
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1989 |
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Personal exhibition "FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY, at Prinz Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Personal exhibition "PHOTOGRAPHIES DE MODE" at Espace Paris-Audiovisuel, Paris
Personal exhibition "ALBUM DE FAMILLE " at Comptoir de la Photographie, Paris
Personal exhibition "DIGITAL PRINTS" at FNAC, Paris |
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1988 |
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Personal exhibition "FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY" at Centre Culturel Francais, Prag, Czechoslovakia
Personal exhibition "FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY" at Bell Commons Space, Tokyo |
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1987 |
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Personal exhibition "HOMMAGE A FERRARI" at Fondation Cartier, Jouy-en-Josas, France |
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1986 |
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Personal exhibition "VRAIES SEMBLANCES", at Galleria Novecento, Palermo, Italy
Personal exhibition "VRAIES SEMBLANCES"+" SCULPTURES BY RODIN" Ctr. Culturel, Verrieres, France |
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1985 |
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Personal exhibition "PHOTOGRAPHIES DE MODE" at Centre d'Art Centemporain, Montbeliard, France
Personal exhibition "TREES", in Berlin-Neukolln, Germany |
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1984 |
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Personal exhibition "ARBRES" at Centre Culturel, Toulon, France
Personal exhibition "FASHION PHOTOGRAPHS at Sander Gallery, New York |
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1983 |
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Collective exhibition "ARBRES" at Centre Pompidou, Paris
Personal exhibition "ARBRES" at Maison de la Culture, Angouleme, France
Personal exhibition "ARBRES" at La Chambre Claire, Paris
Personal exhibition "VRAIES SEMBLANCES" at Espace Canon, Paris |
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1982 |
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Personal exhibition "TREES" at National Museum, Malta
Collective exhibition "PARIS-PARIS", Centre Pompidou, Paris. |
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1981 |
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Personal exhibition "30 ANNEES DE BONHEUR" at Galerie Mamya, Paris
Personal exhibition "TREES" at Galleria Novecento, Palermo, Italy
Personal exhibition "TREES" at Zeit Gallery, Tokyo |
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1980 |
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Personal exhibition "ARBRES" at Artcurial Gallery, Paris
Personal exhibition "30 HAPPY YEARS" at Photographers Gallery, London |
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1978 |
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Personal exhibition "TREES" at Photographers Gallery, London |
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1977 |
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Personal exhibition "ARBRES" at Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Nantes, France |
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1955 |
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One photograph ("Muslim Wedding") in FAMILY OF MAN, MOMA, New York |
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