Meaning of Chagall | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An artwork, or a copy of one, by the famous artist Marc Chagall.
2. A surname from French; (art) used specifically of Marc Chagall (1887–1985), a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin, renown for his use of colors and as a pioneer of modernism, incorporating elements of symbolism, fauvism, and cubism.

Examples

“[Dr Shigeru Watanabe] has previously shown that Java sparrows are able to distinguish cubist paintings from impressionist and Japanese ones, and that pigeons can tell⟳ a Chagall from a Van Gogh, as well as discriminating between the Japanese school and the impressionist.”

“For the next two weeks David worked resolutely at the drawing board⟳ turning out Chagalls in crayon, watercolor, and gouache, and he even experimented boldly in oils.”

““What's tha most monay for a paintin' eva?” ¶ She smiled. “Well, last⟳ month I sold a Braque for two million and a Chagall oil for four million. […]””

“Images of flying brides, goats, acrobats and musicians recur again and again in the work⟳ of Chagall, each time reworked through the colour spectrum in a world at once harmonious and spiritual.”

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