Jacques Kapralik

Jacques Kapralik
Born October 29, 1906
Bucharest, Romania
Died November 28, 1960 (aged 54)
Los Angeles, California, United States

Jacques Kapralik was a Romanian American caricaturist best remembered for his work with MGM in the 1940s.[1]

Born in Bucharest, Romania, Kapralik came to the United States in 1936. He specialized in designing miniature models resembling film stars, which were then photographed against backgrounds giving a three-dimensional effect.[2]

Although Kapralik's work occasionally appeared onscreen in films such as Presenting Lily Mars, most of his output was devoted to publicity materials in trade magazine ads and press kits.

Kapralik died in 1960, in Los Angeles, California.

References

  1. Basten, Fred E. (1996). The lost artwork of Hollywood: classic images from cinema's golden age. Watson-Guptill Publications. pp. 11;118. ISBN 9780823083459.
  2. Fricke, John (2003). Judy Garland: A Portrait in Art and Anecdote. Hachette Digital. p. 152. ISBN 9780821228364.