The Zadkine Museum
ZADKINE in the French Les Arques / department of the Lot The devastated city - Rotterdam The Netherlands The Zadkine Museum is now located in his former residence and workshop, located on Rue d 'Assas in Paris. Also in the French Les Arques in the Department of Lot there is a Zadkine museum in his summer residence, where a number of his works are exhibited. In the crypt of the Romanesque church in front of this museum is a Piëta of Zadkine. In the town, which has been completely restored, there is an artists' center. ZADKINE in the French Les Arques / department of the Lot Zadkine was the son of a Jewish / Belarusian father, Ephime Zadkine (teacher of classical languages in Smolensk), and a mother of Scottish origin, Sophie Lester. In 1905 his father sent him to England, where he stayed with a cousin or his mother. From the autumn of 1908 he attended classes at the Arts and Crafts School in London. From October 1909 he settled in Paris. With, among other...
