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Birth
1887 (Eurberg, Lithuania)
Death
1966 (Bath, Maine)
Lived/Active
New York/California
Self portrait - William Zorach - Self Portrait
Often Known For
abstract sculpture, modernist landscape and figure painting
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Categories of Interest
New York Armory Show of 1913
Cornish Colony
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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Born in Eurburg, Lithuania on Feb. 28, 1887, William Zorach was brought to the U.S. in 1891. He grew up in Cleveland and later worked as a lithographer while studying at night at the Cleveland School of Art. The winters of 1907 and 1908 were spent in New York City studying at the National Academy of Design.
He spent the year 1920 in Yosemite Valley which resulted in dozens of watercolors, drawings, and oils of the area.
He died in Bath, Maine on Nov. 15, 196 (showing 500 of 12402 characters). |
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