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Marc Chagall

Russian and French artist of Jewish ancestry, early modernist, and creator of works in stained glass, painting, and more.

Marc Chagall

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He worked in painting, stained glass, stage sets, and many other formats.[1] Art critic Robert Hughes called him "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century".[2] Born Moishe Shagal in 1887 near Vitebsk, Marc Chagall was a painter with both Russian and French nationality and Jewish heritage.[1][3]

Quick Facts

Birth name
Moishe Shagal
Born
6 July 1887
Birthplace
Lyozna, Russian Empire
Died
28 March 1985
Place of death
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
Known for
Painting; stained glass
Movement
Expressionism; School of Paris
Notable works
See list of artworks by Marc Chagall

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Chagall was the eldest of nine children in a Jewish family, with his father employed by a herring merchant and his mother selling groceries.[4] In 1906, he moved to Saint Petersburg and studied at an art school for two years.[5] He relocated to Paris in 1910 to develop his artistic style.[6] In Paris, he synthesized Cubism, Symbolism, and Fauvism.[7]

He produced stained glass windows for the cathedrals of Reims and Metz.[2] His initial schooling took place at a Jewish religious institution, where the curriculum included Hebrew language and biblical texts.[8] After going back to France in 1923, he produced etchings for book projects such as Gogol's Dead Souls.[9][10]

What the cited sources add

Baal-Teshuva also describes that Chagall thought about his fiancée Bella day and night while in Paris.[11] Art historian Raymond Cogniat wrote that after his apprenticeship in Russia, Chagall entered the mainstream of contemporary art.[12] Sweeney also wrote that Chagall's contribution to art was the reawakening of a poetry of representation.[13] Baal-Teshuva recorded that Chagall felt his aspiration for Paris as a place of illumination and liberty had been fulfilled.[14]

According to André Breton, it was solely through Chagall that metaphor made a victorious reappearance in modern painting.[13]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bilagher 2024, p. 140: "...The French-Russian painter Marc Chagall"; Perl 2009, p. section III: "Harshav shows how at various times Chagall thought of himself as a Russian artist, a French artist, a Jewish artist"; Chagall 1922, p. 46 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: McAloon 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wullschlager 2008a, p. 9: "Vitebsk, 'my sad and joyful town,' was approaching the zenith of its development as a solid, provincial outpost of the vast Russian Empire when Chagall was born there on 7 July 1887" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Segal.org 2005 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Baal-Teshuva 2008, p. 69: "In a review, Apollinaire wrote of Chagall as 'a young Russian painter, a truly inspired colourist, who draws on the whimsical imagery of Slavic folk art, but always transcends it.'" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sweeney 1969, p. 7; Leymarie 1967 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lewis 2008, p. section 4; Wullschlager 2008a, p. 9: "Vitebsk, 'my sad and joyful town,' was approaching the zenith of its development as a solid, provincial outpost of the vast Russian Empire when Chagall was born there on 7 July 1887" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Chagall 1960 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lewis 2008, p. section 4 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lewis 2008, p. section 4; Kunsthaus.ch 2008 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Baal-Teshuva 2008, p. 69: "In a review, Apollinaire wrote of Chagall as 'a young Russian painter, a truly inspired colourist, who draws on the whimsical imagery of Slavic folk art, but always transcends it.'"; Baal-Teshuva 2008, p. 69: "In a review, Apollinaire wrote of Chagall as 'a young Russian painter, a truly inspired colourist, who draws on the whimsical imagery of Slavic folk art, but always transcends it.'"; Harshav 2008; Baal-Teshuva 2008, p. 69: "In a review, Apollinaire wrote of Chagall as 'a young Russian painter, a truly inspi en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Cogniat 1978, p. 30 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sweeney 1969, p. 7 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  14. Wikipedia, "Marc Chagall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Britannica n.d.b; Baal-Teshuva 2008, p. 69: "In a review, Apollinaire wrote of Chagall as 'a young Russian painter, a truly inspired colourist, who draws on the whimsical imagery of Slavic folk art, but always transcends it.'"; Baal-Teshuva 2008, p. 69: "In a review, Apollinaire wrote of Chagall as 'a young Russian painter, a truly inspired colourist, who draws on the whimsical imagery of Slavic folk art, but always transcends it.'"; Baal-Teshuva 2008, p. 69: "In a review, Apollinaire wrote of Chagall as 'a young Russian painter, a truly i en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Marc Chagall (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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