Marc Chagall
Artist
Marc Zakharovich Chagall was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in virtually every artistic format, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints.
- Lived: Jul 07, 1887 – Mar 28, 1985 (age 97)
- Nationalities: Russian · French · American
- Periods: Fauvism · Surrealism · Cubism · Expressionism · Modern art
Some Famous Quotes
“When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic.”
Best anniversary gift to date. M
