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	Marc Chagall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marc Chagall as photographed in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten.
		Marc Chagall was born Moishe Segal (משה סג"ל - "Segal" being a Levite surname, an acronym of סגן לוי Segan Levi, meaning "Assistant Levite"); his name was Russified Mark Zakharovich Shagalov and further to Shagal (Шагал), which is the Russian for he marched or paced.
		Chagall was born in Vitebsk, Belarus (then in the Russian Empire), the oldest of nine children in the close-knit Jewish family led by his father, a herring merchant and his mother, Feiga-Ita.
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	Georgetown Frame Shoppe, Marc Chagall Biography, Artwork, Lithographs, Etching & Aquatints
		Marc Chagall was born in Vitebsk, Byelorussia, in 1887 to a poor Hassidic family.
		Chagall’s Four Tales from The Arabian Nights are considered to be the finest examples of color lithography produced in the United States prior to 1950, and he was honored in 1948 by being awarded the graphic prize of the Venice Biennial.
		Chagall’s colorful circus imagery is pure delight and speaks to the child within us all, but upon closer examination the viewer discovers in addition to the clowns, acrobats and equestrians unexpected but typical Chagall iconography such as his bridal couples, musicians and his ubiquitous chickens and goats which add to the fun.
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	Marc Chagall Biography
		Marc Chagall was born as one of eight children of a Russian-Jewish family in Vitebsk/Belarus.
		Marc Chagall prints are usually limited to an average of 50 copies, signed and numbered by the artist.
		Chagall is considered as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
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	Marc Chagall - MSN Encarta
		Chagall was born July 7, 1887, in Vitsyebsk, Russia (now in Belarus), and was educated in art in Saint Petersburg and, from 1910, in Paris, where he remained until 1914.
		Between 1915 and 1917 he lived in Saint Petersburg; after the Russian Revolution he was director of the Art Academy in Vitsyebsk from 1918 to 1919 and was art director of the Moscow Jewish State Theater from 1919 to 1922.
		Chagall's distinctive use of color and form is derived partly from Russian expressionism and was influenced decisively by French cubism.
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	Marc Chagall : (1887-1985) Biography
		Despite this obvious poverty Chagall never went hungry and his childhood was happily filled with rich experiences of the surrounding rural countryside, suburban blocks with small wooden houses and backyards filled with children and animals.
		Chagall's life took on an element of fantasy as he engaged in an elaborate charade to hide from the authorities that he didn't have an official residence permit.
		Chagall's concern for the fate of humanity is reflected in works of this period such as Solitude 1933 which conveys an overwhelming atmosphere of despondency with the huddled figure of a pious Jew seemingly depressed, longing for faraway Israel.
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	Marc Chagall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Marc Chagall was born in Vitebsk, Russia, in 1887, the eldest of nine children.
		Bella Chagall was later to write about her first early impression of the artist, “ Chagall has the appealing face of a young faun…” but then she compares him to a wild eyed animal, “He gestilates as if he were afraid to put his foot on the ground.
		Marc Chagall died in 1985 and was buried in France at Saint-Paul.
	www.fantasyarts.net /Marc_Chagall.htm (1157 words)

	Marc Chagall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marc Chagall (July 7, 1887 – March 28, 1985) was a Jewish Belarusian painter.
		This period was difficult for Chagall — Jewish residents at the time could only live in St. Petersburg with a permit, and he was jailed for a brief time.
		Chagall remained in St. Petersburg until 1910, and regularly visited home village where in 1909 he met his future wife,.
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	ArtandCulture Artist: Marc Chagall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chagall was born into a tradition-steeped Russian household, which inspired in him a love of Russian-Jewish folktales and a deep reverence for the Jewish religion.
		Chagall was stranded in Russia during World War I and during the revolution he became a commissar for art.
		The famous stained glass "Chagall Windows" (1962), at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, are the ideal manifestation of Chagall's potent colorings and his lifetime commitment to the visual portrayal of his Jewish heritage.
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	Marc Chagall
		Marc Chagall, the magic Surrealist, was born in Vitebsk, Russia; a tiny village that is often the subject of his paintings.
		Chagall himself spent the war years in Russia and was appointed Commissar of Fine Arts for the Vitebsk area after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
		Chagall's painting, with its delicate, undulating line and its brilliant, varied palette, offers a dream world in which anything delightful may happen as laws of gravity are overturned, fairy tales come true, and gentle mystics come to life.
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	CHAGALL
		Putting his pride aside, in 1907 Chagall applied to and was accepted to the school of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts in St. Petersburg, directed by Nikolai Roerich.
		In Russia, after many years of silence and disregard for the artist, an exhibition of Chagall's works from private collections was organized in Novgorod in 1968, and five years later Chagall was invited to visit Moscow in connection with a small retrospective of his work.
		Even though at times he was slighly influenced by the contemporary developments in arts (as when he discovered Cubism, for example), throughout his long life he was an independent artist, often criticized for his lack of "realism" or for his lack of desire to explore non-objective art.
	www.rollins.edu /Foreign_Lang/Russian/chagall.html (848 words)

	Marc Chagall - Online Art Museum. Bio. Artist from Vitebsk
		Marc Chagall was born on July the 7th, 1887 in Vitebsk.
		When Marc Chagall learned that Vitebsk was completely ruined and lost nearly all its population during the Second World War he published in one of US newspapers.
		In June, 1992 the monument to Marc Chagall was erected in his native Pokrovskaja street and a memorial inscription was done on the wall of his house.
	www.1001art.net /chagall.html (912 words)

	The Chagall Windows
		Marc ChagallMarc Chagall, who was present at the dedication, spoke of the joy he felt in bringing "my modest gift to the Jewish people, who have always dreamt of biblical love, of friendship and peace among all people; to that people who lived here, thousands of years ago, among other Semitic people.
		Chagall's Windows are populated by floating figures of animals, fish, flowers, and numerous Jewish symbols.
		To fully understand the significance of the Windows they must be viewed against Chagall's deep sense of identification with the whole of the Jewish history, its tragedies and victories, as well as his own personal background in the shtetl of Vitebsk, where he was born and grew up.
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	Marc Chagall Paintings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Marc Chagall paintings have recently enjoyed a strong surge in popularity, which comes as no surprise to a die-hard fan like me. His abstract post-impressionist style with biblical undertones embodies a deep passion for life, while still maintaining a zest for the whimsical, and at times, childish.
		Marc Chagall wastes no space as every square inch of his canvas is filled with vibrant and powerful colors.
		On the wall of any gallery, you may see a Marc Chagall painting representing a strong, deeply colored iconic image, while right next to it will be one of his brightly colored, fancy-free scenes of a family dinner.
	www.chagallpaintings.org (290 words)

	Marc Chagall
		Marc Chagall was a Jewish cubism painter who had a style of painting called dream painting.
		Marc was so jealous, he decided to take pictures from a book and started to draw.
		Marc and Thea went to find her, and they finally found her on the bridge staring into the water.
	www.wtisbury.mv.k12.ma.us /projects/bioweb/mattb.htm (630 words)

	Marc Chagall Biography
		Chagall spends his student days at first in Witebsk, then at the academy of Petersburg under Leon Bakst, who points out Cézanne, van Gogh and Gauguin to him.
		The place of these influences is taken by cubist and Fauvistic tendencies, which Chagall incorporates more and more into his work from 1914 on, when he stays in Paris for four years.
		Chagall develops his very own style - his motifs being comprised of an unreal combination of symbolic pictures, which consist of Jewish-religious childhood experiences and Russian folk art combined with dream-like elements and the influence of the modern art discovered in Paris - only after his return to Russia.
	www.chagallmarc.com (410 words)

	Marc Chagall. Shop in the shop in my E-shop. Print on demand by Art.com
		Marc Chagall (Belarusian and Russian: Марк Шага́л; his real name was Mojša Zacharavič Šahałaŭ / Мойша Захаравіч Шагалаў) (July 7, 1887 –; March 28, 1985) was a Russian-French painter who was born in Belarus.
		Born Moishe Segal (Russified Moishe Zakharovich Shagalov) in Vitebsk, Belarus (then in the Russian Empire), Chagall was the eldest of nine children in the close-knit Jewish family led by his father, a herring merchant and his mother, Feiga-Ita.
		This period was difficult for Chagall — Jewish residents at the time could only live in St. Petersburg with a permit, and he was jailed for a brief time.
	www.lonvig.org /e-shop-art-com-stores-chagall.htm (905 words)

	Marc Chagall - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Marc Chagall
		Much of his highly coloured, fantastic imagery was inspired by the village life of his boyhood and by Jewish and Belorussian folk traditions.
		Chagall was born in Liosno, Vitebsk, now Belarus.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Marc+Chagall (239 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - Culture: Marc Chagall
		Chagall, born in 1887, found inspiration for much of his work in his upbringing in Vitebsk, Belorussia.
		Chagall's work was among this art, and again his life was changed by political circumstances, as he and Bella sought refuge in the United States.
		Chagall's life spanned pogroms, two World Wars, the Holocaust, and the rebirth of the State of Israel.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /culture/Art/TO_ArtOverview/JewishPainters/MarcChagall.htm (938 words)

	Coast Galleries - Marc Chagall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is the only collection of Chagall prints that has ever been officially authorized and released by the Chagall Estate.
		Chagall is regarded as an inventive surrealist and is one of the most significant painters of the twentieth century.
		Chagall is known for such dream-like images as a bride and groom floating in front of the Eiffel tower and surrounded by vibrantly colorful flowers, birds and animals.
	www.coastgalleries.com /chagall/authorized.cfm (472 words)

	Amazon.com: Marc Chagall: Books: Jean-Michel Foray,Jakov Bruk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chagall was amphibian, too, in his approach to modernism, adopting a cubist style without abandoning his proclivity for old-fashioned allegory.
		Inspired by his fascination with the theater and the circus, Chagall suspended his acrobatic figures between earth and heaven, a reflection of his own quest for freedom from conformity, be it aesthetic, religious, national, or social.
		Marc Chagall is one of the 20th century's favorite artists, known and admired for his rich palette, his inventive approach, his accessible subjects, and the deep traditions behind his work.
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	Marc Chagall's Painting Mariee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Marc Chagall paintings often feature young women or couples, but few cast such a striking impression as Mariee, clothed in her bright red wedding dress.
		Surely an ode to young love, this painting features a young woman in quasi-wedding attire with a bouquet of flowers being presented to the viewer in a bold and conspicuous fashion, as if we were the ones marrying her.
		While Mariee may not be groundbreaking for Chagall, it certainly is an adequate showcase of his talent and eye for color contrasts.
	www.chagallpaintings.org /mariee.html (286 words)

	Guggenheim Collection - Artist - Chagall - Biography
		Marc Chagall was born July 7, 1887, in Vitebsk, Russia.
		Chagall visited Russia in 1914, and was prevented from returning to Paris by the outbreak of war.
		An exhibition of the artist’s work from 1967 to 1977 was held at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, in 1977–78, and a major retrospective was held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1985.
	www.guggenheimcollection.org /site/artist_bio_28.html (321 words)

	Marc Chagall
		Born to a humble Jewish family in the ghetto of a large town in White Russia, Chagall passed a childhood steeped in Hasidic culture.
		Essentially a colourist, Chagall was interested in the Simultaneist vision of Robert Delaunay and the Luminists of the Section d'Or.
		He was appointed provincial Commissar for Fine Art in 1917 and became involved in ambitious projects for a local academy, but he left after two and a half years in order to escape the revolutionary dictates of Malevich.
	www.artchive.com /artchive/C/chagall.html (540 words)

	Marc Chagall artist and art...the-artists.org
		Marc Chagall lived most of his adulthood in France and is well known for his colorful and exuberant depictions of Jewish life.
		Chagall's work often addresses personal themes and intimate visions, such as his marriage and his deeply held faith.
		Marc Chagall, who was present at the dedication, spoke of the joy he felt in bringing "my modest gift to the Jewish people, who have always dreamt of biblical love, of friendship and peace among all people; to that people who lived here, thousands of years ago, among other Semitic people.
	the-artists.org /ArtistView.cfm?id=8A01F211-BBCF-11D4-A93500D0B7069B40 (241 words)

	Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Orthodox Jew, Marc Chagall studied in St. Petersburg and Paris before returning to his birthplace in Vitebsk, Russia at the beginning of World War I. He then joined the Knave of Diamond group, and joined their artistic confrontation of classicism in Moscow.
		Chagall was appointed Director of the Vitebsk Art School and also designed sets for the Jewish Theatre in Moscow.
		Marc Chagall, Le petit poisson et le pecheur (The litle fish and the fisherman), circa 1930
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