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  • Harry Lachman (center) with Spencer Tracy (left) and Lilian Harvey (right) at a party given by Lachman at his Beverly Hills, California home. March 1933. Courtesy A Certain Cinema
  • Alternate Name(s) Harry Lachmann (Alternate Name)

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Artist Chronology

June 29, 1886
Born
At location: Harry Lachman
La Salle
Early 1900s
Works as an illustrator and cover artist for Cosmopolitan, Collier's, and The Saturday Evening Post
Contributor: Harry Lachman
New York Philadelphia
1911–25
Lives and works as a painter in Paris
At location: Harry Lachman
Paris
1914
Solo exhibition at Galerie Georges Petit
Participant: Harry Lachman
Paris
1916
Solo exhibition at Henry Reinhardt & Son
Participant: Harry Lachman
New York
March 3–19, 1917
Solo exhibition at Isaac Delgado Museum of Art
Participant: Harry Lachman
New Orleans
1918
Head of the American Expeditionary Forces at the Art Training Center
At location: Harry Lachman
Paris
Early 1920s
Works as a set designer, initiating his interest in cinema
At location: Harry Lachman
Nice
October 14–25, 1921
Solo exhibition at Galerie Bernheim-Jeune
Participant: Harry Lachman
Paris
1922
Awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honor for his artistic achievements
At location: Harry Lachman
Paris
1923
Annual Exhibition of American Art at the Cincinnati Art Museum
Participant: Harry Lachman
Cincinnati
1925
Joins Rex Ingram as assistant director of Mare Nostrum; begins a long career as a film director
At location: Harry Lachman
Los Angeles
1925–33
Lives and works as a director in England, where he makes several films for British International Pictures
At location: Harry Lachman
London
1933–37
Works for Twentieth Century-Fox
At location: Harry Lachman
Hollywood
1937–40
Works for Columbia Pictures
At location: Harry Lachman
Hollywood
1940
Returns to working for 20th Century-Fox
At location: Harry Lachman
Hollywood
1943
Returns to painting at the urging of his friend Dr. Armand Hammer, oil executive and art collector
At location: Harry Lachman
Hollywood
1957
Exhibition at the Hammer Gallery
Participant: Harry Lachman
New York
March 19, 1975
Dies
At location: Harry Lachman
Beverly Hills

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