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Cha·gall

(shə-gäl′, -găl′, shä-), Marc 1887-1985.

Russian-born artist noted for his dreamlike, fanciful imagery and brilliantly colored canvases. Among his works are two huge murals designed for the New York City Metropolitan Opera House (1966).

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Chagall

(French ʃaɡal)

(Biography) Marc (mark). 1887–1985, French painter and illustrator, born in Russia, noted for his richly coloured pictures of men, animals, and objects in fantastic combinations and often suspended in space: his work includes 12 stained glass windows for a synagogue in Jerusalem (1961) and the decorations for the ceiling of the Paris Opera House (1964)

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Cha•gall

(ʃəˈgɑl)

n.

Marc, 1887–1985, Russian painter in France.

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Featuring around 85 works by leading avant-garde artists, Rendezvous in Paris: Picasso, Chagall, Modigliani & Co.

Louvre Abu Dhabi to host major expo of Modernists

ABU DHABI, 5th August, 2019 (WAM) -- Featuring some of the most notable names of the 20th century Avant-Garde scene, Louvre Abu Dhabi's upcoming exhibition, 'Rendezvous in Paris: Picasso, Chagall, Modigliani and Co.(1900-1939)', will include more than 80 works by artists including Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Juan Gris, Chaam Soutine, Constantin Brancusi and Tamara de Lempicka.

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The exhibition includes works influenced byhis encounters with the world-renowned artists Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, and Robert Rauschenberg.

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The Arlington Heights Memorial Library today opens a hands-on exhibit inspired by the works of artist Marc Chagall. Chagall for Children, an interactive exhibit located in the librarys Kids World section, will give visitors the opportunity to create mosaics, weave tapestries, use touch screens to digitally alter Chagalls masterpieces, create flower arrangements, conduct symphonies and insert themselves into one of his paintings.

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The current exhibit, Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922, brings together three artists who were leading creative forces at the art school founded after the Russian Revolution by Marc Chagall in his native city, Vitebsk.

Marc Chagall and the People's Art School in Vitebsk Reunion

6, 2019, the Jewish Museum's exhibit "Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922, features the works from The People's Art School, which Chagall founded in 1918 in Vitebsk, now Belaurs, which had a sizable Jewish community.

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The "Modern Masters" exhibition will feature more than 60 pieces of artwork by four iconic twentieth century artists: Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, and Joan Miro.

Picasso, Chagall, Dali, and Miro Artwork in Stone Harbor, NJ for Fourth of July Week - Rare Museum-Quality Art Collection of Modern Masters Debuts at Ocean Galleries

For all his fame as a painter, Marc Chagall is still underrated--and to general audiences largely unknown--as a writer of both prose and poetry.

Goodbye to Vitebsk: Chagall's memoir looks back to his childhood and forward to a new life in France

In the wake of the Russian Revolution, artist Marc Chagall created an avant-garde art school that drew in abstract art pioneers like Kazimir Malevitch.

Paris exhibition celebrates revolutionary Russian art

The second play of the day -- which is to be staged at 7.30pm -- is the poetic play Marc Chagall: The Last Flight.

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Among the international masters, he was most influenced by the Russian-French expressionist Marc Chagall.