George Hoyningen-Huene

About the Artist

Horst P. Horst. Photographer George Hoyningen-Huene smoking a cigarette. Horst/Condé Nast Archive. © Condé Nast

Meeting Points

Cultural Hubs Mexico City
New York
Paris
Schools Levy Gallery, 1931–49
Exhibitions Film und Foto, 1929
Salon de l’escalier, 1928
Publications Vogue, 1892–1949

Artist Chronology

September 4, 1900	Born At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	Saint Petersburg
1920–35	Lives in Paris At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	Paris
1923	Works for his sister at Yteb, the couture house she founded At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	Paris
1923	Studies at open art studios and takes painting classes with André Lhote At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	Paris
1924	George Hoyningen-Huene and Man Ray collaborate on a portfolio of fashion photographs, which is later sold to a New England department store At location: Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), George Hoyningen-Huene	Paris
1925	Signs a contract with French Vogue as an illustrator At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	Paris
1925	Works as an assistant to American photographer Arthur O'Neill At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	Paris
1926	Makes his first fashion photographs for Vogue At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	Paris
1927	Produces several films At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	Paris
1927	Makes his first fashion photographs for Vanity Fair Contributor: George Hoyningen-Huene	New York
May 24–June 7, 1928	Premier Salon indépendant de la photographie moderne (Salon de I'escalier) at Théâtre de la Comédie des Champs-Élysées Participant: Berenice Abbott, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Roger Parry, George Hoyningen-Huene	Paris
Spring–Summer 1929	Andreas Walser studies photography under Maurice Tabard's direction, with a particular intention of documenting his paintings According to Walser's letters, Tabard and George Hoyningen-Huene both own paintings by Walser. At location: Maurice Tabard, Andreas Walser Affiliated: George Hoyningen-Huene	Paris
May 18–July 7, 1929	Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds Film und Foto (FiFo) at Städtische Ausstellungshallen Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich August 28–September 22, 1929 Im Lichthof des Ehemaligen Kunstgewerbemuseums, Prinz-Albrechs-Strasse 7, Berlin October 19–November 17, 1929 Stadtmuseum, Danzig (dates unknown) Österreichisches Museum, Vienna February 20–March 31, 1930 Agram, Zagreb April 5–14, 1930 Münchner Bund/Verein Ausstellungspark München E.V. (as part of Internationale Ausstellung. Das Lichtbild), Munich June 5–September 7, 1930 Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo April 1931 Asahi Shimbun, Osaka July 1–7, 1931 Participant: Berenice Abbott, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Maurice Tabard, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, George Hoyningen-Huene, Gustav Klutsis, Karl Blossfeldt, Heinz Loew, Erich Comeriner, Semyon Fridlyand, Roman Karmen, Eli Lotar, Oskar Nerlinger, Robert Petschow, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Yva (Else Simon), Willy Zielke, Irene Bayer-Hecht, Hans Finsler, Cami Stone Organizer: El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston, Dziga Vertov Visitor: Alexander Hackenschmied	Stuttgart
Late 1929	Lee Miller works at French Vogue as an assistant to and model for George Hoyningen-Huene At location: George Hoyningen-Huene, Lee Miller	Paris
November 1930	Photography 1930, organized by Lincoln Kerstein, at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art Participant: Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Anton Bruehl, Walker Evans, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Tina Modotti, László Moholy-Nagy, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, George Hoyningen-Huene	Cambridge
December 1930 and January 1931	Exhibition of Foreign Advertising Photography at the Art Center Participant: Herbert Bayer, Florence Henri, André Kertész, George Hoyningen-Huene	New York
December 15, 1931–January 15, 1932	Photographes d’aujourd’hui at Galerie de la Plume d'Or Participant: Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Roger Parry, Maurice Tabard, George Hoyningen-Huene, Eli Lotar, Lee Miller, Jean Moral	Paris
1932	Publishes Hoyningen-Huene: Meisterbildnesse Contributor: George Hoyningen-Huene	Berlin
1932	Herbert List meets George Hoyningen-Huene At location: Herbert List, George Hoyningen-Huene	Berlin
1935	Leaves Condé Nast due to a contract dispute Contributor: George Hoyningen-Huene	New York
1935–46	Lives in New York and works for Harper's Bazaar Contributor: George Hoyningen-Huene	New York
1936–37	Embarks on an African expedition with "amateur explorers;" shoots photographs that will eventually be published in the book African Mirage: Portrait of a Journey At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	NDjamena Kinshasa Tunis
1938	Accepts many advertising photography commissions At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	New York
1946	Lives briefly in Mexico At location: George Hoyningen-Huene
1946–50	Makes three documentary films in Spain At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	Spain
1946	Becomes an American citizen At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	New York
1946	Publishes Mexican Heritage and Baalbek, Palmyra Contributor: George Hoyningen-Huene	New York
1947	Appointed to a teaching position at the University of California, Los Angeles At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	Los Angeles
September 12, 1968	Dies At location: George Hoyningen-Huene	Los Angeles

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