Chagall: A Biography (2008)

by Jackie Wullschlager

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An insightful portrait of the Russian-born modernist artist describes his stunning studies of the lost world of Eastern European Jewry in his paintings of the shtetl life of his childhood, his pioneering role in twentieth-century art, his colorful personal life, and his lasting artistic legacy, in a study highlighted by more than forty reproductions of important paintings.… (more)

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Good background information, especially Chagall's early years in Vitebsk. It helped me understand his paintings much more. (

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Costa Book Awards (Shortlist – Biography – 2008)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Shortlist – Biography – 2008)

Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize (Shortlist – 2008)

Spear's Book Award (Biography – 2009)

LA Times Book Prize (Finalist – Biography – 2008)

Wingate Literary Prize (Shortlist – 2009)

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2008

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Marc Chagall

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For William

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On a sultry June day in 1943 in a small Manhattan apartment on East 74th Street, four Russian Jews are gathered: a painter, his writer wife, an actor, a poet.

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Seaman, Donna

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An insightful portrait of the Russian-born modernist artist describes his stunning studies of the lost world of Eastern European Jewry in his paintings of the shtetl life of his childhood, his pioneering role in twentieth-century art, his colorful personal life, and his lasting artistic legacy, in a study highlighted by more than forty reproductions of important paintings.

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