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Ossip Zadkine

Ossip Zadkine has incompatible recorded birth dates. The main Wikidata statement lists July 4, 1888 in Vitebsk, Belarus.

Born

July 4, 1888

An exact age is omitted because the recorded dates are incompatible or not precise enough.

Died: November 25, 1967

Source:

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Birthplace
Vitebsk, Belarus
Professions
university teacher, sculptor, painter, illustrator, teacher, printmaker
Citizenship
France, Russian Empire

Incompatible birth dates

Sources disagree: July 4, 1888 (Brockhaus Enzyklopädie; Encyclopædia Britannica Online; Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951; Le Delarge; Benezit Dictionary of Artists; Integrated Authority File; Grove Art Online; zadkine.com; RKDartists; SNAC; Munzinger Personen; The Fine Art Archive; BnF authorities; Find a Grave) or in 1888 (Czech National Authority Database) or July 14, 1890 (konschtlexikon.mnaha.lu).

The main date retains its own sources. These alternatives overlap neither all other statements nor the main date. Rank is Wikidata editorial priority, not proof.

More about Ossip Zadkine

Birth name
Иосель Аронович Цадкин

All birth date sources

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Synchronized from Wikidata on 2026-10-05. View Wikidata record

Questions people ask

Where was Ossip Zadkine born?

Ossip Zadkine was born in Vitebsk, Belarus.

What was Ossip Zadkine’s name at birth?

Ossip Zadkine’s recorded birth name is Иосель Аронович Цадкин.

When did Ossip Zadkine die?

Ossip Zadkine died on November 25, 1967.