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.
Work
Hochman specialized in
figurative art such as sculpted
, the heads, and busts. Hochman is known for his bas-relief
Bronze sculpture entitled "Kol Nidre" (1907) in the former Town Hall of
Kazimierz. He worked with
marble,
bronze,
terracotta and
Maiolica. During the
Holocaust Henryk Hochman was deported to Bochnia Ghetto and murdered.
[ Malarstwo i rzeźba Żydów Polskich w XIX i XX wieku, Volume 1, by Jerzy Malinowski][ The Jews of Cracow by Eugeniusz Duda, 1999, 127 pages] Many of his works were lost.
