Marc Chagall (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Andrew Kagan
- First Published: 1989
- Time of Work: 1906–1985
- Setting: Russia, Germany, France, Israel, and the United States
- Principal Characters: Marc Chagall, Zahar, Victor Mekler, Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, Robert Delaunay, Ambroise Vollard, Léonide Massine, Bella Rosenfeld, Valentine (Vava) Brodsky
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Children, Art or artists, Villages, Jews or Jewish life, Painting or painters, Personality, Biography, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: France, United States, Germany, Israel, Russia
Form and Content
Marc Chagall by Andrew Kagan introduces Chagall as an individual who combined poetry with painting in order to interpret life. The author divides his biography into the seven periods of Chagall’s ninety-seven years. Kagan particularly emphasizes the diversity of the artist’s later years, when he worked in a variety of media, including sculpture, graphics, tapestry, and stained glass. He concludes the book with quotes from Chagall, notes on his technique, a chronology of his life and his exhibitions, and an alphabetical list of the public collections...
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