Hernan Henry Hirsch was born in Santiago, Chile in 1942. He began a successful engineering career while completing his Masters Degree in Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1966.

He married Monica while still in college and they settled in Southern California; here they and their three children still live. In 1980 he became a licensed Professional Engineer and in 1998 a Doctorate in Law was conferred upon him by Concordia University.

Henry Hirsch discovered his love for the arts early on. Music was and continues to be his aural interpreter. But, in time, the canvas proved to be his medium of expression. His artistic palette offers an undaunted abstract style.

He defines color, its intensity and direct character, as well as the concepts and forms encountered in his professional life as expressions of his emotions.