This book presents a new and comprehensive biography of one of the
most prominent artists of the twentieth century in dialogue with
the events and ideologies of his time. It encompasses the 98 years
of Chagall’s life (1887-1985) in Russia, France, the US, as well
as Germany and Israel, his deep roots in folk culture, his personal
relationships and loves, his involvement with the art of the
Russian Revolution, with Surrealism, Communism, Zionism, Yiddish
literature and the state of Israel. The book exposes the complex
relationships between Chagall’s three cultural identities:
Jewish-Russian-French. Indeed, it is a biography of the turbulent
times of the twentieth century and the transformations of a Jew in
it, his meteoric rise from the “ghetto” of the Russian Pale of
Settlement to the centers of modern culture. The book reveals
Chagall’s endless curiosity, his forays in many directions beyond
painting and drawing: public art, theater and ballet, stained glass
windows in churches and synagogues, lithographs, etchings, and
illustrations of literature and the Bible. We observe the intricate
relations between Chagall’s life and consciousness and the impact
of his life on the iconography of his art. Thus, the book provides
an indispensable key to the understanding of Chagall’s often
enigmatic art. Indeed, it is a contribution to the understanding of
some of the central problems of Modern art, such as the question of
originality, the interaction between the formal discoveries of the
avant-garde and cultural or multi-cultural representation, and the
relations between an artist’s art and his personal biography.
Renowned Israeli-American scholar Benjamin Harshav presents the
first comprehensive investigation of Marc Chagall’s life and
consciousness after the classic 1961 biography by Chagall’s
son-in-law Franz Meyer. Harshav’s narrative includes hundreds of
private letters and documents written by Chagall and his
contemporaries in Russian, Yiddish, French, English and other
languages, translated by Benjamin and Barbara Harshav into English,
and placed in their personal and historical context.
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