biographie de Bernhard D. SOPHER (1879-1949)

Birth place: Safed, Syria

Addresses: Hollywood, CA

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Royal Acad., Berlin & Royal Acad., Weimar, Germany, with P. Breuer, A. Brutt.

Exhibited: Acad. Award, Berlin, 1905 (prize); San Diego FA Soc., 1937 (prize); GGE, 1939; SFMA, 1940, 1945 (prize); PAFA Ann., 1943; Joslyn Mem., 1943; CAM, 1943; Mus. FA of Houston, 1943; LACMA, 1937; de Young Mem. Mus., 1944.

Work: Mills College, Oakland, CA; many German museums.

Comments: Articles: German and California newspapers.

Sources: WW47; Hughes, Artists in California, 525; Falk, Exh. Record Series.