Stephen de Hospodar (1902-1959), painter, printmaker, and Hollywood set designer, was born in Kosice, Slovakia, and raised in Nagy Mihaly, Hungary. He studied at the Budapest Academy before moving to New York, where he attended Columbia University and the National Academy of Design. There, he studied under Robert Henri, George Bellows and Charles W. Hawthorne. De Hospodar relocated to California in 1926, settling in Los Angeles where he designed stage sets for the motion picture industry. Noted for his stark compositions in block print, he authored two books on block printing and published an illustrated book of Wagner's "Ring Cycle," one of his best known works. He also worked as a muralist, and assisted in mounting the frescoes of Alfred Siqueiros in Los Angeles. De Hospodar frequently exhibited at the Hollywood Public Library and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

De Hospodar died in Los Angeles, California on October 11, 1959.

De Hospodar is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Syracuse University, NY; Dallas Museum of Fine Art, TX; San Diego Museum, CA; the Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA; Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA; University of California Los Angeles, as well as the Los Angeles, San Diego and New York Public Libraries. Noted exhibitions include the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, 1930; and The Salons of America, Rockefeller Center, NY, 1934.