Vladimir Sagalowitz
Wladimir Sagalowitz ( May 18, 1898 in Vitebsk , Russian Empire - October 31, 1969 in Zurich ) was a press illustrator and portraitist. He was known as Sagal , among others .
Live and act
Segalowitz's father was a flax trader from Minsk . His family of seven fled to Königsberg in 1905 and on to Wiesbaden . In 1914 the flight continued to Switzerland, where Wladimir Sagalowitz began studying medicine in 1917. His once wealthy family became impoverished as a result of the Russian Revolution and German inflation , so that he had to drop out of his studies in 1921. His younger brother Benjamin , however, was able to do his doctorate in 1928.
After Switzerland no longer allowed him to stay, he initially managed to get by in Berlin as an accountant and from 1922 attended a painting and drawing school there. In 1933 he fled via Alsace near Paris . At times he took part in the Bern Trial as a press illustrator , where he met Lucie from the Au (née Meyer) in 1937. He volunteered for military service in the French army . With his unit, demobilized in 1940, he came to the south of France, where he feared deportation. In 1943 he managed to escape illegally to Zurich to live with his fiancée, whom he married the following year. Their daughter Nina married Alan Zafrany. While Wladimir Sagalowitz was subject to the requirements of the Aliens Police until 1949 , he worked again as a press illustrator for various newspapers.
literature
- Karin Huser: Sagalowitz, Wladimir. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Susanne Gisel-Pfankuch, Barbara Lüthi: Drawn. Wladimir Sagal (1898–1969) - refugee and artist. Chronos Verlag , Zurich 2005, ISBN 978-3-034007-177 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erike Petri: Review in: H-Soz-u-Kult , August 2006, accessed on May 26, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sagalowitz, Vladimir |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sagal, Vladimir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vitebsk , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1969 |
| Place of death | Zurich |