Portrait of painter Josef Sigall with his wife Marie Sigall, 1933

Description: Josef Sigall was born in Poland. He was educated in Vienna and was a gold medalist at the Royal Art Academy during 1909-15. He lived in South America before moving to Los Angeles in 1926 and to Saratoga in 1930. He worked as a portrait painter in California. In the course of his career he painted portraits of presidents Coolidge, Hoover and Roosevelt, and Hollywood notables including the actress Pola Negri. According a Los Angeles Times report, March 2, 1933 pg. 4, the Sigalls divorced on March 1, 1933.
Portrait painter Josef Sigall with his wife Marie Sigall. Josef wears a double-breasted suit with a vest and Marie wears a felt hat and a coat with a fur collar and fur cuffs.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Sigall, Josef & wife. Artist, 1933

Genre: double portraits
Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Subjects: Arts
People
Names: Sigall, Josef, 1891-1953
Sigall, Marie, 1898 or 9-1951
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_2779
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