Robert Zakanitch is credited as a founder of the Pattern and Decorative movement. Considering ornamentation as an affirmation of life, his work is inspired by embellishment and his memories of the domestic interiors of his childhood.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY Brooklyn Museum, NY High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
