Sculptor, painter; interviewees are married.
From the description of Reminiscences of Willam and Marguerite Zorach : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727160
William Zorach (1887-1966) was a sculptor and painter from New York, N.Y.
From the description of William Zorach letter to Mr. Shipley, Feb. 8, 1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821127
Artist.
From the description of William Zorach papers, 1822-1974 (bulk 1930-1968). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131068
Sculptor; Brooklyn, N.Y.; b. 1887; d. 1966.
From the description of William Zorach interview, 1959 Apr. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82680459
From the description of Oral history interview with William Zorach, 1959 Apr. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312025112
Biographical Note
1889, Feb. 28
Born, Euberick, Lithuania
1891
Immigrated with family to the United States
1903
1906
Apprenticed at Morgan Lithograph Co., Cleveland, Ohio; studied
at Cleveland School of Act, Cleveland, Ohio
1908
1910
Studied at National Academy of Design, New York, N.Y.
1910
Studied at La Palette, Paris, France
1912
Married Marguerite Thompson (died 1968)
1913
Exhibited in Armory Show, New York, N.Y.
1927
1930
Executed sculpture “Mother and Child”
1929
1957
Instructor, Art Students League, New York, N.Y.
1931
Awarded Logan Medal for sculpture, Chicago Art Institute,
Chicago, Ill.
1932
Commissioned to execute “Spirit of the Dance” in Radio
City Music Hall, New York, N.Y.
Awarded Logan Prize for watercolor, Chicago Art Institute,
Chicago, Ill.
1936
1940
Executed sculpture “Youth”
1937
Awarded commission by U. S. Treasury to execute Benjamin
Franklin statue for the Post Office, Washington, D.C.
1939
Executed monument “Builders of the Future,” New York
World’s Fair, New York, N.Y.
1947
Published Zorach Explains Sculpture. New York: American Artists Group
1961
Received Gold Medal for sculpture, National Institute of Arts
and Letters
1966, Nov. 15
Died, Bath, Maine
1967
Posthumous publication of autobiography, Art Is My Life. Cleveland: World Pub.
From the guide to the William Zorach Papers, 1822-1974, (bulk 1930-1968), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)