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Meisterwerke eines der beliebtesten Maler des 20. Jahrhunderts farbprächtige, poetische Bilder zwischen Traum und Realität

Aufwendig gestalteter Katalog mit Arbeiten von Marc Chagall mit Arbeiten aus dem Russischen Museum St. Petersburg und Privatsammlungen zur Ausstellung in Schweden

Dieser Katalog erscheint anläßlich dem Start der Ausstellungsreihe „Modern Master Printmakers“ der Galerie Edition Raphael in Frankfurt am Main, die mit einer Übersichtsausstellung des druckgraphischen Oeuvres Marc Chagalls eingeleitet wird. Der Katalog enthält Abbildungen wichtiger Lithographien und Radierungen - aus Werkzyklen oder als Einzelblätter verlegt - angefangen von den ersten Farblithographien Chagalls aus „Four Tales from the Arabian Nights“ von 1948, bis zu seiner letzten veröffentlichten druckgraphischen Arbeit "Vers l'autre Clarté" von 1985.

Chagall was the son of a herring merchant, born in Witebsk in White Russia, opposite a laundress and a chimney sweep. After the Revolution, while waiting for emigration papers, he wrote his autobiography at the age of 34. My Life reads like one of Chagall's paintings- emotional, fragmentary, humorous, colourful and dream-like, soaked in nostalgia for Jewish small-town society, familiar from 'The Fiddler on the Roof'. It combines a colourist's eye for detail, an artist's passion for life, a satirical sense of humour and a backdrop of Belle poque Paris and revolutionary Russia. The character sketches are magnificent. Chagall produced 50 illustrations, which accompany the text. The first English translation of My Life was published in 1965 and it has been in print ever since.