Chagall: a biography [1st ed] 9780307270580, 0307270580, 9781283995108, 1283995107

An insightful portrait of the Russian-born modernist artist describes his stunning studies of the lost world of Eastern

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English Pages xxiii, 582 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color Year 2008

Chagall: a biography [1st ed]
9780307270580, 0307270580, 9781283995108, 1283995107

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Chagall
Marc;Wullschläger
Jackie

Table of contents :
"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 --
Léon 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 --
Der Sturm: Berlin, 1922-1923 --
Dead souls: Paris, 1923-1924 --
"Lumière-Liberté": 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.