Herbert Horne

Herbert Percy Horne
Born 1864 (1864)
London
Died 1916 (1917) (aged 52)
Florence, Italy
Occupation English poet, architect, typographer and designer, art historian and antiquarian
Representative book design by Herbert Horne. (Against War by Erasmus, Merrymount Press, printed 1908).

Herbert Percy Horne (born 1864 in London [1] - died 1916 in Florence, Italy) was an English poet, architect, typographer and designer, art historian and antiquarian. He was an associate of the Rhymers' Club in London. He edited the magazines The Century Guild Hobby Horse and The Hobby Horse for the Century Guild of Artists.

Later in life he settled in Florence, restoring a Renaissance palazzo into which he eventually moved. He first visited Italy in 1889 and kept an illustrated journal of his travels and art and architectural research.

Death and commemoration

He donated his collection, of arts and handicrafts of the 14th and 15th centuries, to create the Museo della Fondazione Horne in Florence, where he died.

He is buried in the Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori in the southern suburb of Florence, Galluzzo (Italy).

References

Further reading

Horne founded the Riccardi Press, a leading British private press that beginning in 1909 issued titles for the Medici Society and later under its own imprint.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.