Chagall : a biography
by
 
Wullschläger, Jackie.

Title
Chagall : a biography

Author
Wullschläger, Jackie.

ISBN
9780375414558

Personal Author
Wullschläger, Jackie.

Edition
1st ed.

Publication Information
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

Physical Description
xxii, 582 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

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 -- 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 -- Part II. Exile : 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.

Abstract
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.

Personal Subject
Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985.
 
Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985. (OCoLC)fst00034046
 
Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985. (DE-588)118519980
 
Chagall, Marc.

Subject Term
Artists -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
 
Artists. (OCoLC)fst00817559

Geographic Term
Russia (Federation) (OCoLC)fst01262050

Genre
Biographie.
 
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686

Electronic Access
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Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0810/2008006162.html
 
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2008006162-b.html
 
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2008006162-d.html


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