Francis Нааг

Background

Francis Нааг was born on July 19, 1908 in Hungary.

Education

Francis Нааг received a Master of Photography degree from the National Academy of Industrial Arts in Budapest, Hungary.

Career

A lecturer in photography at the Art Department of the University of Hawaii (1964-1975), he was previously owner of Haar Photo, an art and motion picture production studio in Tokyo (1940-1956). He also owned Haar Studio in Paris (1937-1939) and Budapest, Hungary (1934-1937).

Francis Нааг has made several films, including Holaulea, Honolulu Academy of Arts (1961) , Ukiyoe, Japanese Print, for the Art Institute of Chicago (1959) , and The Arts of Japan, for the U.S. Information Agency in Tokyo (1953).

Achievements

• A recipient of Golden Eagle awards from Washington, D.C., for films (1963, 1966), he also won first prize at both the Metropolitan Improvement Photo Contest in Chicago (1959) and the Hungarian National Photo Contest in 1933 and 1935.

Membership

Francis Нааг is a member of both Honolulu Printmakers and Artists of Hawaii.

Connections

Spouse:

Irene Haar

Son:

Tom Haar