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My Life
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Marc Chagall's colourful, hilarious, dream-like autobiography.
Chagall was born in Witebsk in White Russia, the son of a herring merchant who lived 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 to us from The Fiddler on the Roof. It combines a colourist's eye for detail, an artist's passion for life, and a satirical sense of humour with a backdrop of Belle Époque 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.
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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My Life by Marc Chagall is celebrated for its vivid and poetic portrayal of the artist's early years and influences. Readers and critics alike often praise Chagall's unique narrative style, which mirrors his own surreal and imaginative art. His reflections offer insight into his emotional and cultural experiences, shedding light on his artistic journey and the world that shaped him.
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ISBN: 9780241331415
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 March 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 136g
Pages: 176
About the Author
Marc Chagall was born in White Russia and brought up in the Jewish community of Witebsk. He was a prolific artist, producing whimsical, dream-like paintings, stained glass windows, stage sets, ceramics and tapestries. He studied art in St Petersburg and he became Commissar of Arts in Witebsk after the Bolshevik Revolution. In 1923 he settled in Paris and, apart from evacuating to New York during the Second World War, he lived in France until his death in 1985. In the 1950s, Picasso predicted that 'Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is'.
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