Léon Zack
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| Born | 12 July 1892 Nijni-Novgorod, Russia |
| Died | 30 March 1980 (aged 87) Vanves, France |
| Nationality | Russian |
Léon Zack (1892 – 1980) was a Russian-born French figurative and later abstract painter and sculptor. He has been described as a School of Paris painter.
Biography
Léon Zack was born into a Jewish family in Nijni-Novgorod in Russia on 12 July 1892.[1] He was painting at the age of 13 and exhibiting his work by 15, being a pupil of Jakimchenko from 1905 to 1907.[2] He first studied literature at Moscow University in addition to studying painting. After studying under the post-Impressionist Machloff[3] and settled in France in about 1924 after spending time in Italy and Germany.[clarification needed] Whilst in Germany, he designed for the ballet, creating costumes and sets for the Ballets Romantiques Russes. He was an illustrator, painter, designer and sculptor. He has been described a School of Paris painter.[4]
In 1926, he had his first one-man show in Paris, painting figures including harlequins and gypsies. He became a Frenchman in 1938. He lived at Villefranche-sur-Mer during World War II. By 1947, he was back in Paris and designing sets again for the Opéra-Comique. Around this time his work ceased to be figurative. He designed stained glass windows, including for Notre Dame des Pauvres at Issy-les-Moulineaux. At the end of his life, he lived on the outskirts of Paris[4] and died in Vanves on 30 March 1980.
Zack has work in British national collections, including the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia.[5]
References
- ^ Notice d'autorité du catalogue général de la BNF
- ^ Léon Zack, ecoledesfilles.org, accessed January 2013
- ^ Léon Zack, ville-chatillon.fr, accessed 29 January 2013
- ^ a b Ronald Alley, Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, pp.767-8
- ^ 7 artworks by or after Léon Zack, Art UK. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
