Bringing together nearly 100 stunning works from all periods of the artist's career, Marc Chagall: Masterpieces reveals the lyrical beauty and recurrent themes of Chagall's art. Chagall's paintings, artistic expressions of love and life, are amongst the most popular and celebrated works of art in the twentieth century. Aglow with color, his works lend unique expression to dreams and desires. People and animals as well as churches and houses from his native Vitebsk were rich sources of inspiration for the Russian-born Chagall . They are the leitmotifs that run through his work--in their various manifestations, they fill the oil paintings, gouaches, stained-glass windows, and watercolors reproduced in this volume. Selected by the preeminent Chagall scholar Jacob Baal-Teshuva, the works in this beautiful new book represent the artistic milestones of his long career.
Bringing together nearly 100 stunning works from all periods of the artist's career, Marc Chagall: Masterpieces reveals the lyrical beauty and recurrent themes of Chagall's art. Chagall's paintings, artistic expressions of love and life, are amongst the most popular and celebrated works of art in the twentieth century. Aglow with color, his works lend unique expression to dreams and desires. People and animals as well as churches and houses from his native Vitebsk were rich sources of inspiration for the Russian-born Chagall . They are the leitmotifs that run through his work--in their various manifestations, they fill the oil paintings, gouaches, stained-glass windows, and watercolors reproduced in this volume. Selected by the preeminent Chagall scholar Jacob Baal-Teshuva, the works in this beautiful new book represent the artistic milestones of his long career.