Ossip Zadkine

Ossip Zadkine (July 14, 1890 - November 25, 1967) - artist and sculptor.

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July 14 - 1890 - November 25 - 1967 - Artist - Sculptor

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Born in Vitebsk, Belarus of Jewish and Scottish extraction, he is primarily known as a sculptor but also produced paintings and lithographs.

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Vitebsk - Belarus - Jewish - Scottish - Painting - Lithographs

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After attending art school in London, 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.

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London - Paris - 1910 - Cubist - 1914 - 1925 - Primitive art

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He served as a stretcher-bearer in World War I, and was wounded in action.

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He spent the years of World War II in exile in America.

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World War II - America

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His best-known work is probably the sculpture "City without heart", a memorial to the wanton destruction of the center of Rotterdam by the Germans in 1940.http://www.guide-u.nl/rotterdam/pictures/zadine.htm

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Rotterdam - 1940

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He taught at his Zadkine School of Sculpture.

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Ossip Zadkine died in Paris at the age of 77 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse.

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Paris - Cimetière du Montparnasse

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