Franz Geritz with his wife Josephine and daughters Ferenc and Mariska, Los Angeles, 1930

Item Overview

Title

Franz Geritz with his wife Josephine and daughters Ferenc and Mariska, Los Angeles, 1930

Photographer

Connell, Will, 1898-1961

Date Created

1930

Date

1930

Collection

Connell (Will) Papers

Notes

Description

Portrait photograph of artist Franz Geritz with his wife Josephine and his daughters Mariska (L) and Ferenc (R)
Franz Geritz, painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer and educator, was born in Budapest, Hungary. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1909, and graduated from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland where he studied with Perham Nahl, Zavier Martinez and Frank Van Sloun. He taught block printing at the University of California Extension, Los Angeles for ten years; created block prints of views in Yosemite, Shasta, Mono Lake and Zion; was a member of the California Society of Etchers and California Printmakers; exhibited in group shows and had a solo exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1926. His work is represented in collections of the Library of Congress, the Brooklyn Museum and many city and county libraries in California.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Geritz, Ferenc, 1928-2012
Geritz, Mariska, b. 1929
Geritz, Josephine Heintz, 1899-1984
Geritz, Franz, 1895-1945

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Artists--American--California--Los Angeles
Children--California--Los Angeles