biography of Jacques ZUCKER (1900-1981)

Birth place: Radom, Poland

Addresses: NYC, 1977

Profession: Painter, writer

Studied: Bezalel Art School, Jerusalem; Acad. Julian, Acad. Grande Chaumière & Colarossi Acad., all in Paris.

Exhibited: MMA; MoMA; CI; PAFA Ann., 1929-60 (8 times); AIC; Smith College; Springfield Mus. Art; BM; Inst. Modern Art, Boston; WMA; WMAA; Assn. Am. Artists, 1940, 1944; Bignou Gal., 1946; Wadsworth Atheneum; Yale Univ.; Dudensing Gal.; Ferargil Gal.; Reinhardt Gal.; Wildenstein Gal.; Paris; Schoeneman Gals., NYC, 1970s; NYC WPA Art" at Parsons Sch. Des., 1977."

Member: Artists Equity Assn.; Fed. Artists & Sculptors.

Work: Bezaleel Art Mus., Jerusalem; MoMA Tel-Aviv, Israel; Helena Rubenstein Mus., Tel-Aviv; MoMA Paris.

Comments: WPA artist. Preferred media: oils, pastels, gouache, sanguine. Collection: paintings in oils, watercolors, gouache & pastels; drawings in charcoal, sepia & sanguine. Contrib.: articles, L'Art Vivant (Paris), Esquire. Publications: illustr. of many stories.

Sources: WW73; WW47; New York City WPA Art, 95 (w/repros.); Harry Salpeter, article, Esquire Magazine, 1938; articles, Menorah Magazine.