Léon Hornecker

Léon Hornecker (13 June 1864, Neuhof - 9 January 1924, Paris) was an Alsatian painter of landscapes and portraits.

He showed an aptitude for artistic crafts at an early age and was apprenticed to the Ott Brothers glass-making workshop.

[1] He made several study trips to Holland, where he was influenced by the Old Masters, and graduated in 1888, after which he returned to Strasbourg.

From that point on, he turned his attention to France, rather than Germany and became a member of the "Cercle de Saint-Léonard", a group devoted to the promotion of Alsatian culture, founded by Charles Spindler and Anselme Laugel.

After the war, he returned to Strasbourg, but a new generation of artists had appeared and he was unable to fit back in.