Friday 24 June 2011

Marc Chagall (1887-1985)



Song of David (1952) by Marc Chagall


MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985). Born in Belarus though later known as French. Name at birth: Moishe Shagal. He was associated with several artistic styles including expressionism and surrealism. He spent the years of the Second World War in the United States, returning to France in 1948. On the death of Matisse in 1954 Picasso said that Chagall was now the only person alive who understood colour.


http://aworldelsewhere-finn.blogspot.com/2011/05/whistlestop-tour-of-western-painting.html

http://www.musee-chagall.fr/

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