Eugene (Eugeniusz) Horak, (Eugene Damara) (March 1914 October 1972) was a Polish painter and woodblock printmaker.
He graduated from the
Academy of Art and Design St. Joost (Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving St. Joost, Breda,
Netherlands) in 1930's, and became a graphic artist. His works includes several thousand etchings, usually rather small, and many drawings and paintings. His prints represent in detail the life of people during and after the
World War II period. He also painted many portraits of Polish gentry and was interested in
Huguenot and Polish history, making some paintings on the topics. Also, a lot of his work was dedicated to
Breda, Netherlands
Breda () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. The name ...
, where he spent most of his life. He later moved to
Cleveland, Ohio.
References
20th-century Polish painters
20th-century Polish male artists
1914 births
1972 deaths
AKV St. Joost alumni
Polish male painters
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