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1887 Vitebsk, Russia - 1985 St. Paul de Vence, France. Known for: Abstract village peasant theme paintings, public art.
Marc Chagall was a man of keen intelligence, a shrewd observer of the contemporary scene, with a great sympathy for human suffering. He was born on July 7, 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia; his original name... Read full biography
Marc Chagall was a man of keen intelligence, a shrewd observer of the contemporary scene, with a great sympathy for human suffering. He was born on July 7, 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia; his original name was Moishe Shagal (Segal), but when he became a foremost member of the Ecole de Paris, he adopted... Read full biography
Marc Chagall was a man of keen intelligence, a shrewd observer of the contemporary scene, with a great sympathy for human suffering. He was born on July 7, 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia; his original name was Moishe Shagal (Segal), but when he became a foremost member of the Ecole de Paris, he adopted French citizenship and the French spelling of his name. Vitebsk was a good-sized Russian town of over 60,000, not a shtetl. His father supported a wife and eight children as a worker in a... Read full biography
Marc Chagall was a man of keen intelligence, a shrewd observer of the contemporary scene, with a great sympathy for human suffering. He was born on July 7, 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia; his original name was Moishe Shagal (Segal), but when he became a foremost member of the Ecole de Paris, he adopted French citizenship and the French spelling of his name. Vitebsk was a good-sized Russian town of over 60,000, not a shtetl. His father supported a wife and eight children as a worker in a herring-pickling plant. Sheltered by the Jewish commandment against graven images, the young Chagall never saw so much as a drawing until, one day, he watched a schoolmate copying a magazine illustration. He was ridiculed for his astonishment, but he began copying... Read full biography
Marc Chagall was a man of keen intelligence, a shrewd observer of the contemporary scene, with a great sympathy for human suffering. He was born on July 7, 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia; his original name was Moishe Shagal (Segal), but when he became a foremost member of the Ecole de Paris, he adopted French citizenship and the French spelling of his name. Vitebsk was a good-sized Russian town of over 60,000, not a shtetl. His father supported a wife and eight children as a worker in a herring-pickling plant. Sheltered by the Jewish commandment against graven images, the young Chagall never saw so much as a drawing until, one day, he watched a schoolmate copying a magazine illustration. He was ridiculed for his astonishment, but he began copying and improvising from magazines. Both Chagall's parents reluctantly agreed to let him study with Yehuda Pen, a Je... Read full biography
Marc (Moishe Shagal) Chagall - Artist Info
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Keywords (38)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Theatre Scene Painting, Stage/Set Design for Television and/or Movies
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aquatint
- •Bronze
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Chalk
- •Charcoal
- •Clay, Earthenware Vessels
- •Colored Pencil
- •Conte Crayon
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Enamel Paint
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gold
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Marble
- •Mosaics, Intarsia
- •Oil Paint
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Stained Glass Design, Restoration, Crafting
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wax
Art Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Concentration Camps
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •France After 1900
- •Russia
Art Association
- •Jewish Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, 1915-1918
Added Description
- •Imprisoned Artist: Wars and/or Political Reasons
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Jewish
- •Russian