Ryszard Horowitz (b. 1939)
Untitled, 1958
bromide/paper, 22.2 x 28.7 cm, vintage print
artist’s stamp on the reverse
Ryszard Horowitz was born in Kraków in 1939. As a child, he survived the ghetto and the Auschwitz concentration camp. After graduating from the Kraków High School of Fine Arts, he studied at the Department of Painting at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts. After moving to the United States in 1959, he began his studies at the Pratt Institute in New York. Until 1969, when he opened his own studio, he worked with the Grey Advertising agency. Professionally, he focuses primarily on editorial and advertising photography. He has presented his work at numerous group and solo exhibitions around the world.
