1879 Safed, Syria - 1949 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Sculpture.
Born in Safed, Syria on June 15, 1877. Sopher was a pupil of Peter Breuner and Adolph Brutt in Berlin. By the 1930s he had moved to California. He was a resident of San Francisco and Los Angeles...
Read full biography Born in Safed, Syria on June 15, 1877. Sopher was a pupil of Peter Breuner and Adolph Brutt in Berlin. By the 1930s he had moved to California. He was a resident of San Francisco and Los Angeles until his demise in the latter on June 18, 1949. Exh: LACMA, 1937; San Diego FA Gallery, 1937 (1st...
Read full biography Born in Safed, Syria on June 15, 1877. Sopher was a pupil of Peter Breuner and Adolph Brutt in Berlin. By the 1930s he had moved to California. He was a resident of San Francisco and Los Angeles until his demise in the latter on June 18, 1949. Exh: LACMA, 1937; San Diego FA Gallery, 1937 (1st prize); GGIE, 1939; Ebell Salon (LA), 1941; Vigeveno Gallery (LA), 1942; Stendahl Gallery (LA), 1944. In: Mills College (Oakland). Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Who's Who in...
Read full biography Born in Safed, Syria on June 15, 1877. Sopher was a pupil of Peter Breuner and Adolph Brutt in Berlin. By the 1930s he had moved to California. He was a resident of San Francisco and Los Angeles until his demise in the latter on June 18, 1949. Exh: LACMA, 1937; San Diego FA Gallery, 1937 (1st prize); GGIE, 1939; Ebell Salon (LA), 1941; Vigeveno Gallery (LA), 1942; Stendahl Gallery (LA), 1944. In: Mills College (Oakland). Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Who's Who in American Art 1938-47; Death record; Los Angeles Times, 6-22-1949 (obituary). Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information
Born in Safed, Syria on June 15, 1877. Sopher was a pupil of Peter Breuner and Adolph Brutt in Berlin. By the 1930s he had moved to California. He was a resident of San Francisco and Los Angeles until his demise in the latter on June 18, 1949. Exh: LACMA, 1937; San Diego FA Gallery, 1937 (1st prize); GGIE, 1939; Ebell Salon (LA), 1941; Vigeveno Gallery (LA), 1942; Stendahl Gallery (LA), 1944. In: Mills College (Oakland). Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Who's Who in American Art 1938-47; Death record; Los Angeles Times, 6-22-1949 (obituary). Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.