- William Zorach
William Zorach (
February 28 ,1887 –November 15 1966 ) was a Lithuanian-American sculptor, painter,printmaker , andwriter . He won theLogan Medal of the arts .Biography
Born Zorach Samovich in 1889, in
Jurbarkas ( _ru. Eurburg) inLithuania as the eighth of ten children, Zorach (then his given name) emigrated with his family to theUnited States around 1893, where they settled inCleveland ,Ohio under the name "Finkelstein". In school, his first name was changed to "William" by a teacher.Married Marguerite Thompson (1887-1968) in 1911. The couple adopted his original given name, Zorach, as a common surname. In 1964 Zorach received a D.F.A. from
Bates College . He taught at theArt Students League of New York . His daughter, Dahlov Ipcar is an artist also. She currently resides in Maine.He died in
Bath, Maine , on15 November 1966 .External links
* http://www.exitfive.com/zorach - A website run by some of Zorach's grandchildren, dedicated to the work of their grandparents.
* http://www.swope.org/main/collection/015coll.htm
* http://www.ilovefiguresculpture.com/masters/american1/zorach/zorach.htm
* Biographies on art.com: [http://www.artnet.com/library/09/0936/T093619.asp short] , [http://www.artnet.com/Artists/ArtistHomePage.aspx?artist_id=18455&page_tab=Bio_and_links long]
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