Chagall

By: Monica Bohm-Duchen

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Paperback | 8 July 1998 | Edition Number 1

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One of the best-loved artists of the 20th century, Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is paradoxically one of the least understood. He did much to encourage an image of himself as an entirely intuitive genius, but although his work seems naive in style and iconography, he was in fact a complex and sophisticated individual. In this comprehensive and analytical book Monica Bohm-Duchen places the artist firmly in his social, religious and cultural context, examining his 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 in the years prior to World War I and his activities in revolutionary Russia, to his later years in the South of France, where he died at the age of ninety-seven. The first survey of Chagall's work to take full advantage of new material available to the West since Glasnost, the book encourages a critical reappraisal of all phases of the artist's long career.

Industry Reviews

"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 "Art & Ideas has broken new ground in making accessible authoritative views on periods, movements and concepts in art. As a series it represents a real advance in publishing."-Sir Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate London "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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