MARC CHAGALL (July 7, 1886-March 26, 1985)
A famous
Jewish painter, one of the creators and foundational figures in modern
painting, he was born in Vitebsk, Byelorussia.
From time to time, he wrote poetry and articles on literature and art
in: Tsukunft (Future); Strom (Current) 1 (1922); Literarishe bleter (Literary leaves); Di idishe velt (The Jewish world); Di goldene keyt (The golden chain); Yidishe kultur (Jewish culture); and
elsewhere. Many books appeared with
illustrations by Chagall, such as: Y. L. Perets, Kuntsnmakher (Trickster) of 1914; Der Nister, A mayse mit a hon, dos tsigele (A story with a rooster, the little
goat) of 1917; Avrom Liessin, Lider un
poemen (Poetry) of 1938; Mendl Man, Der
shvarter demb, dertseylungen (The black oak, stories) of 1969; Avrom
Sutzkever, Di fidlroyz (The fiddle
rose) of 1974; Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls;
Lafontaine’s fables; and many more. He
died in Provence.
Sources: Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 4; Literarishe
bleter (Warsaw) 37 (1930), Chagall on himself; Leo Kenig, in Di goldene keyt (Tel Aviv) 27 (1957); Parizer tsaytshrift 19 (1957); Yidishe kultur (New York) 4 (1965); Yitskhok-Elkhonen
Rontsh, Di velt fun mark shagal (The
world of Marc Chagall) (Los Angeles, 1967); Zalmen Shazar, in Di goldene keyt 67 (1969).
Berl Cohen
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