Harry Torczyner

Background

Torczyner, Harry was born on November 8, 1910 in Antwerp, Belgium.

Education

Brussels University (Bachelor of Philosophy, 1930. Bachelor of Political Science, 1933. Doctor of Laws, 1933).

Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, 1943).

Spoken languages: French, Dutch, German and Spanish.

Career

Admitted to the bar, 1933, Belgium. 1946, New York; 1955, United States. Supreme Court.

Author: Forgery in Art and the Law, with L. Drachsler, 1954.

"Rene Magritte Ideas and Images," 1977, Abrams, New New York

"Magritte," Abradale, New York, 1985. "Magritte," Draeger, Paris, 1988.

"The Castle of the Pyrenees in Jerusalem," 1990. "Magritte - Torczyner: Letters Between Friends," Harry North. Abrams, Incorporated., 1994.

Vice Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Narcotic Study, State of New York, 1957-1959.

President, The Belgian Art Foundation in the United States, 1960—. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Committee on African Law, Comparative Law Division, Section of International and Comparative Law, 1968—). Federal Bar Council (Chairman, Committee on Comparative and Foreign Law, 1954-1958).

Consular Law Society.

Achievements

• Harry Torczyner has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• book

  • Magritte/Torczyner: Letters Between Friends

    (Book by Magritte, Rene, Torczyner, Harry)

  • Magritte: Ideas and Images

    (Book by Harry Torczyner)

  • By Harry Torczyner - Magritte: Ideas and Images (1979-04-13) Hardcover

• Other Work

  • By Harry Torczyner - Magritte: Ideas and Images (1979-04-13) Hardcover

Membership

Member: American Bar Association (Member, Committee on African Law, Comparative Law Division, Section of International and Comparative Law, 1968—). Federal Bar Council (Chairman, Committee on Comparative and Foreign Law, 1954-1958). Consular Law Society.