Léon Hornecker [SEP] place of death
Léon Hornecker
Léon Hornecker, (13 June 1864, Neuhof - 9 January 1924, Paris) was an Alsatian painter of landscapes and portraits.
Life and work.
He showed an aptitude for artistic crafts at an early age and was apprenticed to the Ott Brothers glass-making workshop. At the same time, he attended evening classes in drawing at an arts and crafts school where he impressed his teachers and received a scholarship, beginning his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich in 1883. He made
A street in the Elsau district of Strasbourg was named after him in 1969.
Further reading.
- André Humm, "Léon Hornecker", in "Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne", vol. 17, p. 1669
External links.
- Portraits by Léon Hornecker in public collections (Joconde)