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| Born in Switzerland in 1902. By 1932 Ballbusch (né Fischer) had settled in Los Angeles. Most of his career was spent as a montage director for MGM and other movie studios. He assisted David Siqueiros in Los Angeles with the Olvera Street mural, América Tropical.
He died in Defas Park, UT in 1966.
Exh: Plaza Art Gallery (LA), 1932. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
California Arts and Architecture list, 1932; Arthur Millier’s.“Huge Fresco for El Paseo,” Los Angeles Times (August 24, 1932, p.15.)
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