This book presents a new and comprehensive biography of one of the most prominent artists of the twentieth century in dialogue with the events and ideologies of his time. It encompasses the 98 years of Chagall's life (1887-1985) in Russia, France, the US, as well as Germany and Israel, his deep root[...]
My Life was written in Moscow in 19211922, when Chagall was thirty-five years old. Although long out-of-print, it remains one of the most extraordinarily inventive and beautifully told of all autobiographies. The text is accompanied by twenty plates which Chagall prepared especially to illustrate [...]
This book presents a new and comprehensive biography of one of the most prominent artists of the twentieth century in dialogue with the events and ideologies of his time. It encompasses the 98 years of Chagall's life (1887-1985) in Russia, France, the US, as well as Germany and Israel, his deep root[...]
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) traversed a long route from a boy in the Jewish Pale of Settlement, to a commissar of art in revolutionary Russia, to the position of a world-famous French artist. This book presents for the first time a comprehensive collection of Chagall's public statements on art and cult[...]
A compelling portrait of one of the twentieth century's leading artists reassesses the life and career of Marc Chagall from the perspective of the era's Jewish history, revealing how his work reflects both a nostalgia for the vanished past and Jewish life in the early twentieth century, and his attr[...]
The Eye on Art series is intended to assist readers in understanding the various roles of art in society; each volume offers an in-depth exploration of a major artistic movement, medium, figure, or profession.; This new title in Lucent's Eye on Art series explores the life and works of Marc Chagall [...]
Marc Chagall was born into a strict Jewish family for whom the ban on representations of the human figure had the weight of dogma. A failure in the entrance examination for the Stieglitz School did not stop Chagall from later joining that famous school founded by the Imperial Society for the Encoura[...]
Born in 1887, in what is now Belarus, Marc Chagall is one of the best-known artists of the twentieth century. His combination of wistful, fantastical scenes and vibrant palette have ensured his enduring popularity, but he is also considered an important pioneer of modern art whose sense of colour wa[...]
Der Katalog zur Ausstellung in Münster thematisiert das Fenstermotiv im Schaffen von Marc Chagall, das eine verbindende Klammer zwischen dem Früh- und dem Spätwerk des Künstlers bildet. Einerseits ist es Sinnbild für das Kunstwerk schlechthin als imaginäres Fenster zur Welt. Andererseits verwe[...]
Marc Chagall was captivated by the Old Testament, and its stories and heroes were a major influence on his work. First published in 1960 as a limited edition artist's book, this series of lithographs depicts some of the Bible's most beloved stories, including the Creation, the expulsion from Paradis[...]
One of artist Marc Chagall's most enduring paintings is the basis for this beautifully crafted children's book that tells an enchanting story. This book tells the story of the postman Zephyr, who lives in a little blue village in the mountains where nothing ever changes. A dreamer hoping for adventu[...]
Russian born artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is particularly well-known for his dream like, almost surrealistic paintings. Less well-known, however, is his impressive work in ceramics. A large part of this work, produced in the small town of Vallauris on the French Riviera, is now in the possession [...]