Bernhard Sopher - Artist Info

About Bernhard Sopher

  • 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).

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