Henryk Hochman
Henryk Herszel Hochman (1879 or 1881 in Lublin – 1942 or 1943 in Baczków near Bochnia) was a Polish Jewish sculptor from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He was a student of Paweł Rosen in Warsaw, Konstanty Laszczka while in Kraków (1900–1906), and Auguste Rodin in France.
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Henryk Hochman
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- Second Polish Republic
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- sculptor
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- Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
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Henryk Herszel Hochman (1879 or 1881 in Lublin – 1942 or 1943 in Baczków near Bochnia) was a Polish Jewish sculptor from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He was a student of Paweł Rosen in Warsaw, Konstanty Laszczka while in Kraków (1900–1906), and Auguste Rodin in France.
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• Illustration — Admission of Jews to Poland in the Middle Ages by Henryk Hochman, prob. 1907. Installed in 1996, Kazimierz Town Hall in Kraków Hochman specialized in figurative art such as sculpted portraits, the heads, and busts. Hochman is known for his bas-relief bronze entitled "Kol Nidre" (1907) in the former Town Hall of Kazimierz. He worked with marble, bronze, terracotta and majolica. During the Holocaust Henryk Hochman was deported to Bochnia Ghetto and murdered. Many of his works were lost.
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1879
Henryk Hochman born at Lublin.
1940
Henryk Hochman died at Baczków.
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Henryk Hochman was recorded at birth as Henryk Herszel Hochman. The authorities additionally record the headings Henryk Herszel Hochman and Henryk Hochmann. His recorded language was Polish.
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