Hecht Collection

Raymond Hecht Javelin, Sydney Olympics Sydney Olympic Games Olympic Stadium, Sydney, Sydney, Australia 22 September 2000 Date: 22 September 2000

Raymound Hecht Javelin 26 August 1999 Date: 26 August 1999

Pike (Esox Lucio) plate XXXII from Ichthyologie, ou histoire naturelle generale et
STC192738 Pike (Esox Lucio) plate XXXII from Ichthyologie, ou histoire naturelle generale et particuliere des poissons, by Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723-99), engraved by Gabriel Bodenehr (1673-1766)

Under the Arena, c1880-1882. Artist: W Hecht
Under the Arena, c1880-1882. A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas, JS Virtue and Co, London, c1880-1882

Carl von Piloty, German artist, c1880-1882. Artist: W Hecht
Carl von Piloty, German artist, c1880-1882. A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas, JS Virtue and Co, London, c1880-1882

BEN HECHT (1894-1964). American journalist, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. Photographed in 1948

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From the pages of Ichthyologie, or General Natural History, comes the enigmatic figure of Raymond Hecht, the artist behind plate XXXII featuring the Pike (Esox Lucio). Fast forward to the late 19th century, and we find another artist named W Hecht, who painted under the Arena and created masterpieces like 'The Death of Wallenstein' and collaborated with German artist Carl von Piloty. Leaping forward in time, we encounter Raymound Hecht, a different individual, born in 1894. This Raymound Hecht was an American journalist, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, whose career spanned from the 1920s to the 1960s. His work was celebrated and caricatured, as seen in this 1922 Gene Markey illustration. The name Hecht, it seems, has been etched in history through the talents and contributions of these diverse and accomplished individuals.