V. Huszár (1884-1960) Vilmos Huszár was born Vilmos Herz in 1884 in Budapest, Hungary. His parents, like many other Hungarian Jews at the turn of the century, change the family name to a more Hungarian-sounding surname. Huszár studies at the Budapest School of Arts and Crafts and is a pupil of Simon Hollósy, who runs a private school in Munich. In Munich he meets painter Anna Egter-Van Wissekerke, and at her invitation he spends the winter of 1905-1906 in The Hague, in the Netherlands. There he finds himself in the posh-artistic milieu around Jozef Israëls, who advises him on painting during that short time. There he also gets to know Jeanne van Teylingen, his future wife, and art critic H.P. Bremmer, who serves as a true teacher to him. Huszár settled in the Netherlands in 1906, in Voorburg, and developed into a versatile artist. In his early days, he painted according to accepted, traditional principles, producing a number of beautiful naturalistic portraits. He increasingly detaches himself from Bremmer and goes his own way. His meeting with Bram van der Leck, probably in 1914 or 1915, is crucial in this. Stimulated by Van der Leck, Huszár carries out a number of commissions for stained glass windows in 1916, in which subjects such as "Sunflowers" are reduced to geometric forms that remain more or less recognizable. With these, he took the path of Cubism and Futurism. Along with Van der Leck and Mondrian, he joins Van Doesburg in his efforts to integrate painting and architecture. Huszár is one of the co-founders of art movement "De Stijl. He designs the cover and vignette for the magazine, the organ of this art movement. The movement does not last long, partly due to conflicts with editor-in-chief Theo van Doesburg. Huszár applies the principles of the movement in his interior and furniture designs, in his paintings and in his stained glass windows. A well-known design of his is his stylization of the old logo of cigarette brand "Miss Blanche" into a modern advertising image in 1925. Huszár died in 1960 in Hierden, near Harderwijk. Note: the oeuvre of V. Huszár has not been (completely) inventoried.