Chagallo Spalvų Magija
Chagall’s Color Magic

Summary/Abstract: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) is one of the most prominent Belorussian Jewish (Litvak) painters of the 20th century. He appeared successful in paintings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine art prints. Using the medium of stained glass, he produced windows for the cathedrals of Reims, Metz, the United Nations, and the Jerusalem Windows in Israel. He also did large-scale paintings, including the ceiling for the Paris Opera. His most vital work was made on the eve of World War I, when he traveled between St. Petersburg, Paris, and Berlin. He spent his wartime years in Russia, becoming one the country’s most distinguished artists and a member of the modernist avant-garde, founding the Vitebsk Arts College before leaving again for Paris in 1922. He was known as a pioneer of modernism, and as a major Jewish artist. He synthesized the art forms of Cubism, Symbolism, and Fauvism. Yet he remained most emphatically a Belorussian Jewish artist, who always dreamed of life in his native Vitebsk. Pablo Picasso once remarked that Chagall was the only painter left who understands what color really is.

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