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William Zorach
Early Life and Education William Zorach, born Zorach Gorfinkel on February 28, 1889, in Jurbarkas, Lithuania (then part of the Russian Empire), was the eighth of ten children. His family emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1894. The Zorachs faced poverty and discrimination upon arrival in America. William left school after the seventh grade to support his family, working as a lithographer's apprentice. He later pursued artistic training a
t the Cleveland School of Art from 1905 to 1907, studying drawing and painting. In 1908, he moved to New York City and enrolled in the National Academy of Design. A pivotal moment arrived in 1910 when Zorach traveled to Paris, where he met Marguerite Thompson, who would become his wife and a fellow artist. Artistic Development and Influences While in Paris, Zorach encountered European modern art movements like Fauvism and Cubism, sig…