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.

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  • 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.

  • a portrait of tsuguharu foujita

    a portrait of tsuguharu foujita

    Like Sacha, Tsuguharu Foujita was enamoured with Montparnasse and became a prominent member of its artistic community. He travelled from his home country of Japan in 1913, only three years after Sacha arrived in 1910 (see Sacha’s biography). He altered the spelling of his name from Fujita to Foujita during this time, and adopted the… Read.