Rudolf (Rudy) Engel
c1892 -
Rudolf (Rudy) Engel was listed as a member of Tauber's
Puppet Players.
The 1934 Directory listed him living at Parakontas,
a house in the West End of Vancouver with a number of artist studios. He
was listed as a "tie designer" in the Directory.
BC Vital Statistics lists the marriage of Rudolph Engel (Merchant) to Marie
Kathleen Ashbridge in Vancouver on August 6 1938. His birthplace was listed
as Vienna, Austria, he was 46 years old at the time.
BC Vital Statistics on-line did not provide any further information on the artist
as of October 2021.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
References
VANCOUVER: ART AND ARTISTS 1931 - 1983; various authors
1983, ISBN 0-920095-00-3, 440 pages; Vancouver Art Gallery
List of works; artists' biographies; credits; no index (see partial
index)
Poster for Tauber's Puppet Players illustrated with players names listed, page 57.
Clippings
"Besides his personal assistant, Mr. Les Planta,
Mr. Tauber
is aided by eight other puppeteers, well-known Vancouver people. There are
Miss Jean Brown, Mrs. Ernva Code,
Mr. Rudolph Engel, an Austrian;
Miss Lilias Farley, Mrs. Ellen Harris,
Miss Beatrice Lennie, Miss Margaret Williams,
and Miss Isobel Wintemute."
From "Day By Day With the Marionettes Part III The Puppeteers"
by J.C. Shaw
Vancouver Sun, March 2 1932
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