1887
27th December: Sacha’s future wife, Berthe Faige Lerner, is born in the 11th Arrondissement of Paris.
31st December: Sacha is born in Radomyshl, Ukraine.
1910
According to Sacha, he leaves Odessa for Paris.
1912
According to Sacha, he stays with Kalinine and studies under Raphaël Colin.
1914
16th March: Sacha marries Berthe Faeige Lerner (here, on page 27 – Acte 604 – Zaliouk Lerner).
1 August: Germany declares war on Russia and France.
1916
6th January: Sacha arrives at the Corps. His record states ‘Contre l’Allemagne…Interieur’ – Against Germany, interior until 22nd September 1917.
15th April: Paulette Sèverine Zaliouk, Sacha and Berthe’s daughter, is born (birth certificate – page 10, Acte 769) at 59 Avenue de la Republique.
Of this year, Sacha writes: “Death still dances!…”
1917
11th April: On subsistence (duty)
Of this year, Sacha writes: “A change: I leave for the Orient [or, the East] ; 22 months between Thessaloniki and the Romanian border … malaria… fevers…”
L’Univers israélite later wrote that Sacha ‘joined the French army and was sent to Macedonia’.
1919
27th March: His record implies his time in the East ended here.
28th May: Sacha is discharged from the military.
Of this year, Sacha writes: “Return to France. Vive la France ! I am French and demobilised…”
1925
12th February: La Horde du Montparnasse, the artistic group, is founded by M. E Fernand-Dubois. Sacha is one of the founding members. The group hosts parties and a type of market where artists can sell their work.
30th May: Sacha and Berthe’s daughter Paulette dies, aged 9, at 59 Avenue de la République. (Certificate, page 9, Acte 1650).
1939
1st September: Germany invades Poland.
3rd September: Britain and France declare war on Germany.
Sacha’s life at this point becomes difficult to track.
1964
27th September: Berthe passes away. She is buried with her family at the Pere-Lachaise plot, where Pauline was also buried
1971
13th March: Sacha passes away at the age of 83, and is buried with his wife, daughter, and the Lerner family at the same plot.
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.
A Study of Sacha Zaliouk 