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Page 1: Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Painter of memories and dreams.

Marc ChagallMarc Chagall 1887-1985 1887-1985

Painter of memories and dreamsPainter of memories and dreams

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Marc Chagall was born as one Marc Chagall was born as one of eight children. His family of eight children. His family lived in Vitebsk, Russia.lived in Vitebsk, Russia.

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People who lived in Vitebsk were very People who lived in Vitebsk were very poor and had hard lives. The happiest poor and had hard lives. The happiest times were during celebrations like times were during celebrations like weddings and religious holidays. In weddings and religious holidays. In many of Marc’s paintings, people who many of Marc’s paintings, people who are happy are shown floating in the air, are happy are shown floating in the air, free from their problems.free from their problems.

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I and the VillageI and the Village

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The The FiddlerFiddler

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Flying over the Flying over the Eiffel TowerEiffel Tower

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Religion was an important part of Marc Religion was an important part of Marc Chagall’s life. He used his beliefs in Chagall’s life. He used his beliefs in many of his paintings. many of his paintings.

Think about what is important to you. If Think about what is important to you. If you could paint about anything, what you could paint about anything, what would you paint?would you paint?

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LonelinessLoneliness

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ExodusExodus

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Early SurrealismEarly Surrealism

Chagall is sometimes Chagall is sometimes referred to as an referred to as an early Surrealist early Surrealist because of his because of his dreamlike style and dreamlike style and the element of the element of fantasy in his work.fantasy in his work.

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Chagall used his talent to Chagall used his talent to create beautiful stained create beautiful stained

glass windows. glass windows.

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Murals at the Metropolitan Murals at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York Opera House in New York

City by ChagallCity by Chagall

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He used He used memories of his memories of his childhood and childhood and images from his images from his dreams to come dreams to come up with a up with a magical, magical, beautiful and beautiful and often often mysterious kind mysterious kind of art of art

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The AnniversaryThe Anniversary

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This painting, called The Walk, shows a happy couple, free of worry. It was made into a stamp.

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Chagall was also known Chagall was also known for his printmakingfor his printmaking

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The Dance and the CircusThe Dance and the Circus

Marc often made Marc often made paintings of animals paintings of animals doing things that doing things that people do. This people do. This seemed normal to seemed normal to Marc because he Marc because he grew up listening to grew up listening to Russian folk stories Russian folk stories and fairy tales. and fairy tales.

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Marc Chagall had Marc Chagall had seven sisters and seven sisters and one brother. His one brother. His father was a fish father was a fish seller and his mother seller and his mother owned a small owned a small grocery store.grocery store.

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One of Chagall’s sistersOne of Chagall’s sisters

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Influenced by Picasso and Influenced by Picasso and Matisse in ParisMatisse in Paris

Chagall moved to Paris Chagall moved to Paris to study painting full to study painting full time. time.

In Paris - at that time In Paris - at that time the the MeccaMecca of art - of art - Chagall experienced Chagall experienced Fauvism (Matisse) and Fauvism (Matisse) and Cubism (Picasso). Cubism (Picasso). Chagall kept doing the Chagall kept doing the art he loved.art he loved.

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Chagall and his artist Chagall and his artist friends were so poor in friends were so poor in Paris that they could not Paris that they could not afford canvases. They afford canvases. They often had to paint on often had to paint on tablecloths or bed tablecloths or bed sheets. In sheets. In The ViolinistThe Violinist, , you can even see the you can even see the pattern of the tablecloth pattern of the tablecloth Marc painted on! Marc painted on!

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The Purple AngelThe Purple Angel

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Couple in the WindowCouple in the Window

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Self Portrait with Seven Self Portrait with Seven FingersFingers

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The Blue HouseThe Blue House

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Marc Chagall lived to Marc Chagall lived to be 97 years old. He be 97 years old. He had an amazing had an amazing imagination, mixing imagination, mixing scenes from his scenes from his dreams with those dreams with those from the real world. from the real world.

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KindergartenKindergarten

Let’s create a Let’s create a Chagall Village!Chagall Village!

Chagall loved Chagall loved painting about where painting about where he lived. Let’s create he lived. Let’s create a collage about a collage about where you live!where you live!

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11stst Grade Grade

Let’s make a Chagall House!

It will be magical!

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22ndnd Grade Grade

Let’s make a Chagall painting using beautiful color!

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33rdrd Grade Grade

Let’s make a Chagall house in clay!

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44thth grade grade

A Chagall mosaic master piece!

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55thth Grade Grade

A Chagall Self Portrait