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We all know that a good person can be a bad artist, Marc Chagall.
Colourful dreams and tales - Chagalls world full of everyday miracles.
The Russian painter Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is widely regarded as epitomizing the painter as poet. The worldwide admiration he commanded remains unparalleled by any artist of the century.
Chagalls paintings, steeped in mythology and mysticism, portray colourful dreams and tales that are deeply rooted in his Russian Jewish origins. The memories and yearning they evoke recall his native Vitebsk, and the great events that mark the life of ordinary people: birth, love, marriage and death. They tell of a world full of everyday miracles - in the room of lovers, on the streets of Vitebsk, beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Heaven and earth seem to meet in a topsy-turvy world in which whimsical figures of people and animals float through the air with gravity-defying serenity.
About the Series:
Every book in TASCHENs Basic Art Series features:
- a detailed chronological summary of the artists life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist
- approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions
- a concise biography
About the authors:
Rainer Metzger studied art history, history and German studies in Munich and Augsburg. He received his doctorate in 1994, and has worked as a fine arts journalist for the Viennese newspaper Der Standard. He has written numerous books on art, including volumes on van Gogh and Chagall.
Ingo F. Walther (1940-2007) was born in Berlin and studied medieval studies, literature, and art history in Frankfurt am Main and Munich. He has published numerous books on the art of the Middle Ages and of the 19th and 20th centuries. Walthers many titles for TASCHEN include Picasso, Art of the 20th Century, and Codices Illustres.