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Josef von Sternberg

Josef von Sternberg (1894 - 1969) was active/lived in New Jersey, California.  Josef von Sternberg is known for Film making, cinematography, oil painting, sculpture.

The following biography was written by Nicholas von Sternberg, son of the artist and director.

Josef von Sternberg was born in 1894 to Serafina Singer and Maurice Sternberg. He was born into a Jewish family, yet his father was from a conservative branch, and his mother was from a liberal branch of Judaism. He celebrated Bar Mitzvah, but was non-practicing. His grandfather, Simon was a rabbi, and did not approve of Maurice’s choice of Serafina, so he disinherited him.

As a result, my grandfather took his family to America, arriving on a cattle boat. After struggling with his bills, and difficult labor, he and the family returned to Austria until my father was eleven years old. They remained in America, but my grandmother and grandfather separated. While they were together, they had two more sons, and two more daughters.

When my father quit school he was fifteen, and started to work, at a variety of jobs. He came into contact with a man who was inventing a p   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4294 characters.]  Artist bio

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