Other than artist and designer, she was also an actress who performed on Broadway and translated dramatic works from the Italian.
[2] After leaving St. Louis, Missouri, and before moving to California in 1919, Petronelle Sombart spent many years in Italy and New York City.
[3] [2] Sombart, who possessed a lyric soprano voice, studied for grand opera in Milan.
[5] From late 1921 to beginning of the 1922 she spent eight months touring Europe with her friend Agnes Cady.
[6] Petronelle Sombart married Dr. Robert George Majer (1901-1982) and lived at 201 S. Lorraine Blvd., Los Angeles, California.