Chagall
Published on 12. November 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-7148-3160-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this lively and comprehensive book, Monica Bohm-Duchen examines Marc Chagall's prodigious output, not only in painting but also in book illustration, theatre design, stained glass and poetry. She follows Chagall from his Russian-Jewish childhood, through his encounter with the Parisian avant-garde and his activities in revolutionary Russia, to his later years in America and the South of France. This is the first ever survey to take full advantage of new material made available to the West since glasnost.
Reviews / Votes
"Immediately becomes the most useful introduction to Chagall."-Independent on Sunday"Highly informative. This book is the most even-handed to date in dealing with the later work."-Burlington Magazine
"Solid, expansive, eminently readable, and suitably provocative."-Art Review
"A lively, witty text."-Jewish Chronicle
On the Art & Ideas series
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"The format is wonderful and offers what had long been missing in academic studies: usable manuals for specific themes or periods... I am definitely not alone in welcoming Art & Ideas as a precious set of teaching tools."-Joachim Pissarro, Yale University
"Phaidon's series may prove to be the pick of the crop. It boasts expert but undogmatic texts and a wealth of illustrations."-The Sunday Telegraph
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Persons
Monica Bohm-Duchen is known for her work as an organizer of exhibitions and as a lecturer and writer on twentieth-century art. She is author of The Nude and Understanding Modern Art, and contributor to the catalogue: Chagall, Love and the Stage (Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1998).
Content
The road from Vitebsk - 1887-1910; the heroic years? - Paris 1910-1914; Russia and revolution - 1914-1922; a kind of Caravanserai - Berlin 1922-1923; the halcyon years - Paris 1923-1930; Paris and beyond - 1930-1941; exile in America - 1941-1948; fame and fortune - France 1948-1985.