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Born on July 14, 1890 in Smolensk, Russia of Jewish extraction, he is primarily known as a sculptor but also produced paintings and lithographs.
After attending art school in London, England, Zadkine settled in Paris about 1910, where he became part of the new Cubist movement ( 1914 - 1925). After this time, he developed an original style, strongly influenced by primitive arts.
He served as a stretcher-bearer in World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of, and was wounded in action. He spent the years of World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough in exile in AmericaThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in.
His best-known work is probably the sculpture "City without heart", a memorial to the wanton destruction of the center of RotterdamRotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), located in the province of South Holland. The city is situated on the banks of the Nieuwe Maas River. The name "Rotterdam" is derived from a dam in a small river, the Rotte, which by the Germans in 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F. [1]
He taught at his Zadkine School of Sculpture.
Ossip Zadkine died on November 25November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 36 days remaining. Events 1034 Malcolm II of Scotland died. Duncan, the son of his second daughter, instead of Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter,, 1967Events January January 4 British motorboat racer Donald Campbell dies while attempting a water speed record in Coniston Lake. January 4 Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Khider is shot in Madrid. January 6 Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch " Operatio in Paris, France and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris.
There is a Zadkine Museum in Paris, France.
Ossip Zadkine Website: Ossip Zadkine Research Center
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