People named Karl Bissinger

Karl Bissinger was born to Frederick Maurice Bissinger (1890 - 1948), who owned a candy shop, and Agnes F. Murphy (1892 - 1949). Both parents were born in Ohio. He had siblings Fred Maurice Jr (1911 - 1956), Roses (1915 - 1973), Daniel (born 1921), Jacqueline Agnes (1931 - 1999), and two more brothers. Karl Bissinger married Juliet Esselborn (1920 - 2016) on February 11, 1942 in Manhattan, New York, and they had a son, David Burgess Bissinger Fechheimer (1942 - 2019). Karl attended art school and became a painter, gaining a widespread reputation. But he tired of art and opened an antique store. Then he tired of the store, he sold out and went to visit Cuba, Haiti, and his father, who was vacationing in Florida. After he went to Europe, Karl found his calling in photography. He took pictures of Rome, Capri, and "gypsy cave homes" outside of Granada, Spain. Those pictures were bought by Harper's Bazaar magazine and titled "A Tourist in Spain". Taking more photos of Spanish royalty, Karl's career as a photographer took off. See Candyman's Son Candid As Camera Handyman for his hometown Cincinnati's paper chronicling his rise to fame. His obituary, which appeared in the New York Times, covered his entire career and can be seen at Karl Bissinger: Obituary.

Karl Bissinger of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ was born on November 15, 1899, and died at age 71 years old in March 1971.