MARC CHAGALL. 1911

Chagall's creative breakthrough came at a time when his life was torn between contrasting experiences. Chagall lived in Paris from 1 911 until 1914, creating paintings that combined his recollections of Russian provincial life with iconic fragments of the metropoli s around him. Reminiscences of Russian folk art make an appearance in his works from the period, as do the most recent stylistic exp eriments he was exposed to through his life in the center of the artistic avant-garde and his acquaintance with many of the most pro gressive...[Read more]