biography
pronunciation:
[shagal]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1887–1985)
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| biography:
| Artist, born in Vitebsk, NE Belarus. He studied at St Petersburg and Paris, left Russia in 1922, and settled near Paris. During World War 2 he moved to the USA, where he began to design ballet sets and costumes. He illustrated several books, but is best known for his paintings of animals, objects, and people from his life, dreams, and Russian folklore. The word Surrealist is said to have been coined by Apollinaire to describe the work of Chagall. |
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