| Artists of Note: Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) was a Russian-born French painter and designer. He was one of the most significant painters and graphic artists of the 20th century. Chagall was born July 7, 1887, in Vitsyebsk, Russia, between 1915 and 1917 he lived in Saint Petersburg; after the Russian Revolution he was director of the Art Academy in Vitsyebsk from 1918 to1919 and was art director of the Moscow Jewish State Theater from 1919 to 1922. In 1923, he moved to France, where he spent most of the rest of his life. He died in St. Paul de Vence, France, on March 28, 1985. His early works combine Russian village scenes, folklore and fantasy. Biblical themes characterize a series of etchings from the Bible Series, illustrating the Old Testament. Later, the wonderful 12 stained-glass windows in the Hadassah Hospital of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Verve 1956
Illustrations
for the
Bible
1960
Mourlot Press
Jerusalem Windows
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Sarah & Abraham
image 13 3/4 X 10"
#chagall002
$550.00

Bay of Angels
image 12 1/2"X 9 1/4"
#chagall006
SOLD

Woman Juggler
image 12 1/2" X 9 1/2"
#chagall009
$400.00

1960 Sorlier
image 12 3/4" X 9 1/2"
#chagall011
SOLD

1962
The Candlestick
image 12 3/4" X 9"
#chagall014
$400.00

1960 Verve 37/38
Boaz wakes up with Ruth at his feet
image 14" X 10"
#chagall016
$600.00

1973 Mourlot Press
Blue Fish
image 8 3/4" X 15"
#chagall017
$325.00
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1960 Sorlier
image 12 3/4" X 9 1/2"
#chagall012
$175.00
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