| Marguerite Zorach | ||
| Birth Date: September 25, 1887 |
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| Death Date: June 27, 1968 Artist Gallery |
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| Marguerite Thompson Zorach, a leading modernist in the years just preceding and just following the Armory Show. Born Marguerite Thompson in Santa Rosa, California, she spent four years in Paris, where she met Picasso and studied at the La Palette School. In 1911 her works were shown at the Société des Artistes Indepéndants and the Salon d’Automne in Paris. The finest paintings of her artistic career were produced in India and Palestine during the following months and in the Sierra Mountains shortly after her return to California in 1912.
Her mastery of bold colors and skillful use of a Fauve palette were indications of the great potential of this artist already in the forefront of vanguard developments in America before World War I. But her capabilities as a modernist painter were never full realized. Shortly after here first solo exhibition, held in Los Angeles in 1912, she left for New York and married William Zorach. In the following years she began to introduce motifs from modernist paintings into needlework and textile designs.
In the 20s, William Zorach had turned seriously to sculpture, and Marguerite often collaborated in his major commissions. She sought no personal recognition, but her husband depended on her use of design and she produced many of the preliminary drawings for his sculptures.
Although her major interests were creating tapestries and the design work for her husband, Marguerite continued to paint till her death.
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