William Zorach. William Zorach was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and writer.
He won the Logan Medal of the Arts. He is notable for being at the forefront of American artists embracing cubism, as well as for his sculpture.
He is the husband of Marguerite Thompson Zorach and father of Dahlov Ipcar, both artists in their own right. Zorach Gorfinkel was born in 1889 into a Lithuanian Jewish family, the son of a barge owner, in Jurbarkas in Lithuania.
As the eighth of ten children, Zorach emigrated with his family to the United States in 1894. They settled in Cleveland, Ohio under the name Finkelstein.
In school, his first name was changed to William by a teacher. Zorach stayed in Ohio for almost 15 years pursuing his artistic endeavors. He apprenticed with a lithographer as a teenager and went on to study painting with Henry G. Keller in night school at the Cleveland School of Art from 1905 to 1907. In 1908, Zorach moved to New York in enroll in the National Academy of Design. In 1910, Zorach moved to Paris with Cleveland artist and lithographer, Elmer Brubeck, to continue his artistic training at the La Palette art school. While in Paris, Zorach met Marguerite Thompson, a fellow art student of American nationality, whom he would marry on December 24, 1912, in New York City. The couple adopted his original given name, Zorach, as a common surname. Zorach and his wife returned to Americ
He won the Logan Medal of the Arts. He is notable for being at the forefront of American artists embracing cubism, as well as for his sculpture.
He is the husband of Marguerite Thompson Zorach and father of Dahlov Ipcar, both artists in their own right. Zorach Gorfinkel was born in 1889 into a Lithuanian Jewish family, the son of a barge owner, in Jurbarkas in Lithuania.
As the eighth of ten children, Zorach emigrated with his family to the United States in 1894. They settled in Cleveland, Ohio under the name Finkelstein.
In school, his first name was changed to William by a teacher. Zorach stayed in Ohio for almost 15 years pursuing his artistic endeavors. He apprenticed with a lithographer as a teenager and went on to study painting with Henry G. Keller in night school at the Cleveland School of Art from 1905 to 1907. In 1908, Zorach moved to New York in enroll in the National Academy of Design. In 1910, Zorach moved to Paris with Cleveland artist and lithographer, Elmer Brubeck, to continue his artistic training at the La Palette art school. While in Paris, Zorach met Marguerite Thompson, a fellow art student of American nationality, whom he would marry on December 24, 1912, in New York City. The couple adopted his original given name, Zorach, as a common surname. Zorach and his wife returned to Americ
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