CHAGALL, Marc.

MARC CHAGALL
French, 1887 – 1985
Born in Russia, Witebsk. In 1907 he attended the art school in St.Petersburg and it was there that he met Baskt, the famous Russian theatre designer. In 1910 Chagall went to Paris to further his education at the Atelier Impasse du Maine where he was introduced to Leger, Delaunay, de la Fresnaye and Gleizes, later being introduced to the contemporary authors in Paris. His first exhibitions were at the Salon des Independents and Salon d’Automme, both in 1912. Like other contemporaries of his, such as Cocteau, he worked for some time in the South of France, and died in St-Paul de Vence. A museum is devoted to his work at Nice and he is well represented in museums and galleries world-wide.
Chagall is one of the most famous 20th century artists, known for the dream-like quality of his work, which often combines an undercurrent of Jewish themes with elements from his childhood such as circuses and Ghetto scenes.
He was a prolific artist, not only did he paint he was also a stage designer, scene painter, sculptor and painter of ceramics. He produced nearly 1000 lithographs in his lifetime, some being limited signed editions, others were made for illustrating books, fine art magazines etc., in larger edition sizes.

Chagall (BOOK WITH ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH)