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Marguerite Zorach
Born California, 1887
Died New York, 1968
Marguerite Thompson Zorach was a Fauvist painter, textile artist and graphic designer. From 1908-1911, she studied in Paris at the progressive school, La Palette. During this time she met her husband-to-be, William Zorach. In 1912, after returning to the United States, the couple married. They lived in Greenwich Village and worked closely together on many paintings.
Zorach did not fully receive critical acclaim as an American painter until after her death in 1970, when many of her earlier canvases were rediscovered. Although her fame was post-humus, she had a number of profound accomplishments within her lifetime. Both she and her husband exhibited their art in the 1913 Armory Show in New York (a show that helped to change the way Americans view art), and she was elected Director of the Society of Independent Artists and was the first President of the New York Society of Women Artists.
Works Held: National Museum of American Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Newark Museum; Brooklyn Museum; Colby College; Speed Museum; Massillon Museum; Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration Murals; United States Post Office, Peterborough, New Hampshire; Ripley, Tennessee; Monticello, Illinois.
Exhibitions: Salon d'Automne, 1908, 1911; Society of Independent Artists, Paris, 1911; Society of Independent Artists, New York, 1917-18, 1921-24, 1941; Royar Galleries, Los Angeles, solo, 1912; Amory Show, 1913; Contemporaries, New York, solo, 1913; Playhouse, Cleveland, 1913; Daniel Gallery, New York City, 1915-16, 1918; Pan-Pacifico Expo, San Francisco, (medal, 1915); Forum Exhibit, New York City, 1916 (only woman to exhibit); Dayton Museum of Art, 1922; Salons of America, 1922-36); Montross Gallery, New York City, solo, 1923; Downtown Gallery, New York, solo, 1928, 30, 34; C.W. Kraushaar,1953, 57, 62; Art Institute of Chicago, 1926-49.
Further Reading: Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Vol. 1. Peter Hastings Falk, Georgia Kuchen and Veronica Roessler, eds., Sound View Press, Madison, Connecticut, 1999. 3 Vols. (Original Listing 1940); An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West, Phil Kovonick, Marian Yoshiki-Kovnick, University of Texas Press, Austin, 1999, 3rd Edition.; Artists in California (1786-1940), Edan Milton Hughs, Hughs Publishing Company, San Francisco, 1986, 1st edition.
Biography courtesy of David Cook Galleries, www.antiquesandfineart.com/davidcook
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Marguerite Thompson Zorach was born in Santa Rosa, CA on Sept. 25, 1887. She was raised in Fresno and showed artistic promise at age three. A brilliant student, she was one of the first women admitted to Stanford University in 1908. Shortly after her enrollment, she was lured to Paris by an aunt who was living there. She studied art for four years in Paris and, while there, met her future husband William Zorach. Returning to Fresno in 1912, she camped with her family in the Sierra Madre and did a series of paintings of that area. The following year, she returned to NYC, married Zorach, and lived in Brooklyn for her remaining years. A pioneer in modern art, she was one of the few young artists to introduce Fauvist and Cubist styles to the U.S. between 1910-20. The Zorachs made another trip to Yosemite in 1920. She died in Brooklyn on June 27, 1968. Exh: Paris Salon, 1911; Royer Gallery (LA), 1912; Armory Show, 1913; PPIE, 1915; AIC, 1920 (medal); Century of Progress (Chicago), 1933. In: MM; Fresno Federal Bldg; NMAA; MOMA; Whitney Museum; Newark Museum; Brooklyn Museum; Speed Museum (Louisville).
Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1915-33; Who's Who in American Art 1936-66; Dictionaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs (Benezit, E); American Women Artists (Rubenstein); Women Artists in America (Collins & Opitz); Artists of the American West (Samuels); NY Times, 6-29-1968 (obituary).
Biography courtesy of Roughton Galleries, www.antiquesandfineart.com/roughton
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