A Study of Sacha Zaliouk

Sacha Zaliouk was a Jewish-Ukrainian artist who embraced and embodied the art world of Montparnasse during the interwar period (1918 – 1939). This blog aims to archive his life, his art, and his legacy.

Tag: french-art

  • cuckoo for kiki

    cuckoo for kiki

    Alice Prin was born in Châtillon-sur-Seine, Côte d’Or. An illegitimate child, she experienced great hardship while growing up. Her beauty, though, led her to become a life model for artists. She adopted the name Kiki and became known as Kiki de Montparnasse. Kiki was multi-talented, gifted at painting, and she eventually wrote her own memoirs… Read.

  • a(n) (un)familiar face

    a(n) (un)familiar face

    For months, I have searched for a photograph of Sacha. I found several – saturated in ink or with captions that made it hard to tell where he was standing in the photograph. I believed that the clearest picture of him I might ever find would be the shot of his side profile in Eugene… Read.

  • the devil went down to montparnasse

    the devil went down to montparnasse

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    Sacha frequently contributed to the magazine Le Sourire, which was founded by Paul Gauguin and later taken over by Maurice Méry. Under Méry, the magazine adapted a more humorist and sexual style through its articles and sketches. Sacha contributed two such sketches including the devil that I could find, one published 26th April 1928 (source)… Read.

  • moussa koné beyla

    moussa koné beyla

    As noted in his biography, Sacha joined the French army during the First World War. For the first part of his service, he was based “internally”. There was a publication called ‘Bulletin des écrivains’ which had a section at the back. It contained columns listing the location of writers. Sacha was included in these columns… Read.