Zacks, Sam, 1904-1970

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Zacks, Sam, 1904-1970

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        Dates of existence

        1904 - 1970

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        Samuel J. Zacks (1904-1970) was a financier, Zionist and art collector, born in Kingston Ontario and educated at Queen’s University and Harvard. He married Ayala Ben Tovim Fleg in 1947, whereupon they immediately began to collect art of the School of Paris as well as Canadian and Israeli art and antiquities, amassing an extensive collection by the late 1950’s that was in continual demand by museums around the world. Mr. and Mrs. Zacks were both involved in international art circles, sitting on the Boards of the International Committee of Museums (ICOM), a branch of UNESCO, the International Committee of the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Gallery of Ontario and others. In 1969 Mr. Zacks received an Honourary Fellowship from St. Peter’s College, Oxford. He died in 1970 in Toronto.

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        Abramov, Ayala Zacks (1912-)

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        Abramov, Ayala Zacks is the spouse of Zacks, Sam, 1904-1970

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        1947 - 1970

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        • English

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