Oscar Hans

Place: Bucharest

Born: 1891

Death: 1976

Biography:

Oscar Han was a Romanian sculptor and writer. He was born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1891, and died in the same city in 1976. Han studied sculpture and drawing at the Academy of Arts in Bucharest from 1909 to 1914, under the guidance of Dimitrie Paciurea and Frederick Storck. He made his debut in 1911 with the sculpture 'Bust of a Girl'. Han returned to his alma mater as a professor of sculpture, a post he occupied from 1927 to 1944, and again in 1956. During the First World War, Han was one of several artists commissioned to create works commemorating Romania's armed forces. In the interwar period, he formed the Group of Four ('Grupul celor patru') artists' collective together with painters Nicolae Tonitza, Francisc Șirato, and Ștefan Dimitrescu. Han was also politically active, writing for Pamfil Șeicaru's Curentul as a cultural critic and polemicist. He served as deputy for the National Liberal Party in Mureș from 1934-1937.