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William Zorach Biography
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1887 |
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Born Zorach Samovich in Eurbick, Lithuania
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1893 |
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Samovich family immigrates to Cleveland, Ohio; family adopts “Finkelstein” as new surname
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1908 - 1910 |
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Moves to New York to study art at the National Academy of Design
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1910 - 1911 |
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Travels to Paris and enrolls at La Palette, an art school; at La Palette meets future wife and artist, Marguerite Thompson; he and Marguerite participate in group exhibition at Salon d’Automne, Paris; William returns to Cleveland
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1912 |
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Moves to New York and marries Marguerite; they adopt surname of “Zorach” (William’s original given name)
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1913 |
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Participates in the groundbreaking Armory Show, New York, an important exhibition that brings modern European art to America; summers in Chappaqua, New York, 1913-1914
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1915 - 1916 |
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Joint exhibition with Marguerite at Daniel Gallery, New York
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1916 |
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Participates in “The Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters” at Anderson Galleries, New York; summers in art colony of Provincetown, Massachusetts where he and Margeurite paint and design scenery for the Provincetown Players; continues to summer in Provincetown during 1921, 1922 and 1923
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1917 - 1919 |
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Included in group show at Society of Independent Artists, New York; his interest in sculpture yields his first carving; summers in New Hampshire and works on tapestries with Marguerite, 1918; rekindles friendship with John Marin; summers in Maine, 1919
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1920 |
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Travels with Marguerite to California; sketches and paints at Yosemite National Park
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1921 - 1922 |
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Exhibits in group show at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; joint exhibition with Marguerite at Dayton Museum of Art, Ohio, 1922
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1927 |
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Exhibits work at Edith Halpert’s Downtown Gallery, New York (frequently shows there until gallery closes in 1967); joint exhibition with wife at Provincetown Art Association; included in group exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago (regularly exhibits there until 1951)
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1929 - 1930 |
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Starts teaching at the Art Students League, New York, continuing until 1960; included in annual group exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and again in 1934, 1939 to 1942
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1932 |
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Group exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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1933 - 1934 |
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Group exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Downtown Gallery
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1937 |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, purchases granite sculpture
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1938 |
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Helps to spearhead The Sculptors’ Guild, an organization that fosters young sculptors and assists them in exhibiting their work
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1943 |
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Downtown Gallery, solo exhibition of sculptures made from marble and granite; receives favorable reviews
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1945 - 1946 |
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Solo exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; visiting artist (with Marguerite) at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine; joint exhibition with Marguerite at California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
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1948 |
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Retrospective at Art Students League in honor of his 21st year of teaching at the League
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1952 |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art purchases sculpture
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1959 |
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Retrospective at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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1966 |
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Dies in Bath, Maine, on November 15th
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1968 |
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Marguerite Zorach dies in New York on June 27th
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