| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxii, 582 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [525]-562) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Russia : "My sad and joyful town": Vitebsk, 1887-1900 -- At Pen's: Vitebsk, 1900-1907 -- Forbidden city: St. Petersburg, 1907-1908 -- Thea: Vitebsk and St. Petersburg, 1908-1909 -- Belle: Vitebsk, 1909 -- Leon Bakst: St. Petersburg, 1909-1911 -- "Surnaturel!": Paris, 1911-1912 -- Blaise Cendrars: Paris, 1912-1913 -- "My ferocious genius": Paris, 1913-1914 -- Homecoming: Vitebsk, 1914-1915 -- Married man: Petrograd, 1915-1917 -- Commissar Chagall and Comrade Malevich: Vitebsk, 1917-1920 -- Chagall's box: Moscow, 1920-1922 -- Part II. Exile : Der Sturm: Berlin, 1922-1923 -- Dead souls: Paris, 1923-1924 -- "Lumiere-Liberte": Paris, 1924-1927 -- The prophets: Paris, 1928-1933 -- Wandering Jew: Paris, 1934-1937 -- White crucifixion: Paris and Gordes, 1937-1941 -- America: New York, 1941-1944 -- Virginia: New York and High Falls, 1944-1948 -- Return to Europe: Orgeval and Vence, 1948-1952 -- Vava: Vence, 1952-1960 -- Decade of the large wall: Vence and St. Paul, 1960-1970 -- "I was a good artist, wasn't I?": St. Paul, 1971-1985. |
| Summary |
An insightful portrait of the Russian-born modernist artist describes his stunning studies of the lost world of Eastern European Jewry in his paintings of the shtetl life of his childhood, his pioneering role in twentieth-century art, his colorful personal life, and his lasting artistic legacy, in a study highlighted by more than forty reproductions of important paintings. |
| Subject |
Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985.
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Artists -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780375414558 |
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037541455X |
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