Jacob ZUCKER (1900-1981), Motif with tower

oil, canvas; 56 x 46 cm;
Signed p. d.: J. Zucker ;

Jacob (Jacques) Zucker was born in 1900 in Radom. He spent his childhood in Palestine. He attended the "Becalel" School of Fine Arts in Jerusalem. After World War I, he settled in Paris, where he continued his studies at the Akademie Julian, the Akademie de la Grande Chaumière and the Akademie Colarossi. In 1922, he moved to the United States. From then on, he lived alternately in New York and Paris. Beginning in 1927, he participated in the exhibitions of the Autumn Salon and the Salon des Tuileries. He also exhibited many times in New York. He spent the years of World War II in the United States. In 1947, he settled in Arcueil near Paris. In addition to painting, he was also an illustrator and journalist, contributing articles to the magazines "L'Art Vivant" and "Esquire." He died in 1981 in New York.