Joseph Hecht

Joseph Hecht (born December 14, 1891 in Łódź , † June 19, 1951 in Paris ) was a Polish painter and graphic artist who later lived in France .

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow from 1909 to 1914 , after which he lived in Norway until 1919 , and from 1920 in Paris . He participated in many art exhibitions, including a. at Salon d'Automne and Salon des Indépendants , in the United States , England and Poland . Two of his paintings were awarded gold medals at the 1937 Paris World's Fair .

In 1929 he co-founded the artist group La Jeune Gravure Contemporaine.

The focus of his work was landscape painting and animal representations . He avoided persecution of French Jews in World War II by moving to the Savoy region , near the Swiss-Italian border.

literature

Tonneau-Ryckelynck Dominique and Plumart Roland: Joseph Hecht 1891–1951, catalog raisonné de l'œuvre gravé. Musée de Gravelines, 1992

personal data
SURNAME	Pike, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish painter and printmaker
DATE OF BIRTH	December 14, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Łódź
DATE OF DEATH	June 19, 1951
Place of death	Paris