The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Zadkine, Ossip
(sp´ zädkn´) (KEY) , 18901967, Russian sculptor who worked in France. Joining the cubists in 1914, Zadkine developed a powerful, original style. He exerted considerable influence upon contemporary sculptors after World War II. Among his best-known works is the public monument The Destruction of Rotterdam (1954).