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1900 Radom, Poland - 1981 New York City. Known for: Expressionist figure, town- and landscape paintings, still lives.
Zucker was very much an international artist. He was born in Radom, Poland in 1900. As a youth he went to Palestine to study at the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. In 1917 he joined the British... Read full biography
Zucker was very much an international artist. He was born in Radom, Poland in 1900. As a youth he went to Palestine to study at the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the... Read full biography
Zucker was very much an international artist. He was born in Radom, Poland in 1900. As a youth he went to Palestine to study at the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the war he studied art in Paris at the Academie Julian. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1922 and continued his art studies at the National Academy of Design. He supported himself by designing jewelry. In... Read full biography
Zucker was very much an international artist. He was born in Radom, Poland in 1900. As a youth he went to Palestine to study at the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the war he studied art in Paris at the Academie Julian. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1922 and continued his art studies at the National Academy of Design. He supported himself by designing jewelry. In 1925 he returned to Paris and studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumier et Colarossi. During the Depression he worked for the WPA. Zucker's work, including landscapes, still-lives, and portraits painted in post-impressionist style were exhibited in... Read full biography
Zucker was very much an international artist. He was born in Radom, Poland in 1900. As a youth he went to Palestine to study at the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the war he studied art in Paris at the Academie Julian. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1922 and continued his art studies at the National Academy of Design. He supported himself by designing jewelry. In 1925 he returned to Paris and studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumier et Colarossi. During the Depression he worked for the WPA. Zucker's work, including landscapes, still-lives, and portraits painted in post-impressionist style were exhibited in numerous one-man shows in leading galleries and museums in New York, Paris, Tel Aviv, and other art ce... Read full biography
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Keywords (28)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Art Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •New York City
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Art School
- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
- •Academy Colarossi, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts