｢The Accordionist｣
Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967)
Zadkine is a Cubism sculptor from Russia and played an active part mainly in France. He was inspired by the primitive art of Africa and Polynesia just as Picasso and other Cubism artists were, and adopted it into his style. This piece was produced in 1962 as the remake of that in 1924 under the same theme. Unlike the former which he made while searching for his own way, this one has a calm and quiet ambience.
Ossip Zadkine
Born in Smolensk, Russia in 1890 and died in Paris in 1967. Having learned at School of Crafts and Arts in London, he entered Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris in 1909, but quit there in half a year. Then he established his style affected by Cubism and the African native art. He has a close relation to Japan; he participated in Nika Exhibitions since 1925 and became a member of it in 1931.
