Chagall, le petit dictionnaire en 52 symboles
Chagall, le petit dictionnaire en 52 symboles

Chagall, le petit dictionnaire en 52 symboles

GB106126

Angel, goat, flower, moon, snow, violin... 52 keys to understanding the signs and symbols in Chagall's work.

Conceived by the late Jean-Michel Foray as a final contribution to our knowledge of the painter, this unique book finally offers a genealogy to these sibylline characters, mysterious actors and...

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Characteristics

Number of pages
152
Dimensions
13 x 17 cm
Art movements
20th century, French paintings
Number of illustrations
72
Artist
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Reference
GB106126
EAN
9782711861262
Size of the book
Paperback without flap
Publication date
Février 2013
Diffusor
EDITIONS FLAMMARION
Distributor
EDITIONS FLAMMARION
Conservation museum
Paris - Réunion des musées nationaux- Grand Palais

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985)

Marc Chagall (1887-1985)

A painter, but also a sculptor and a poet, he was born in 1884 in Belarus into a modest family of Jewish origin. It was in his native city that he discovered painting, before leaving in 1907 to study at the Fine Arts School in St. Petersburg and start working in the studio of a Russian ballet decorator. Dreaming of discovering Paris, he settled there in 1911. As soon as he arrived, he met writers, poets and artists who lived in "La Ruche". This city of artists located in the 15th arrondissement of the capital has about a hundred workshops where artists of all nationalities live: Soutine, Archipenko, Zadkine, Léger, Delaunay...
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