Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall, (born July 7, 1887, Vitebsk, Belorussia, in the Russian empire, [now Belarus]—died March 28, 1985, Saint-Paul, Alpes-Maritimes, France), was a French painter, printmaker, designer (including stage sets and costume design), who composed his images based on emotional and poetic associations, rather than on rules of pictorial logic.
Predating surrealism, his early works, such as I and the Village (1911), were among the first expressions of psychic reality in modern art. His works in various media include sets and costumery for plays and ballets, etchings illustrating the Bible, and stained-glass windows.
Books:
My Life by Marc Chagall
Chagall by Chagall
Chagall at the Met by Emily Genauer
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