Charles Zadok (August 11, 1896 – April 7, 1984) was an American businessman, art collector and patron.

Early life

Zadok was born on August 11, 1896 in

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. In 1922, Zadok, who was Portuguese and 25 years old, arrived in

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, after having lived in Paris, France, where he was a merchant, and the son of Mr Zadok of 38 N. D. de Lorette, Paris.

Career

Zadok joined

Gimbels Gimbel Brothers (known simply as Gimbels) was an American department store corporation that operated for over a century, from 1842 until 1987. Gimbel patriarch Adam Gimbel opened his first store in Vincennes, Indiana, in 1842. In 1887, the compa ...

in 1929, and was vice president of expansion from 1956 until his retirement in the 1970s.

Art collector

His art collection included work by

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Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (; rus, Василий Васильевич Кандинский, Vasiliy Vasilyevich Kandinskiy, vɐˈsʲilʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kɐnʲˈdʲinskʲɪj; – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter a ...

Marc Chagall Marc Chagall; russian: link=no, Марк Заха́рович Шага́л ; be, Марк Захаравіч Шагал . (born Moishe Shagal; 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with se ...

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, Gérard Schneider, Jean Bazaine,

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, and

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. In 1956, there was an exhibition, ''The collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zadok'' at the

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, and a book was published of the works shown.

Personal life

He was married to Eugenia Balkin "Genia" Zadok (1900–1988), who was born in Vilno, Poland. In 1935, they were living in New York City, but by 1940, had moved to Shorewood Village, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Zadok died at his home in Manhattan on April 7, 1984, aged 87.

References

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