Chagall

= __**Marc Chagall**__ =

= = **Full Name of Artist (birthname)-** Moishe Shagal


 * Born- **July 7,1887 in Vitebsk ( White Russia)
 * Died- **March 28,1985 in St.-Paul-de-Vence


 * Art Medium/materials- ** water c o l o r s, oil pastel, and tiles


 * Subject/genre- ** fantasy paintings, childhood pictures, animals, lovers, and musicians that often float in air, and stained glass windows


 * Art movement/period of artist -**cubism, surrealism

**Title of artwork-** The Magic Flute

Year it was created- 1967 Medium- Lithograph Medium- Oil on Canvas



= = = __Interesting facts about Marc Chagall__ = - He was a Russian born artist. - After 1922 Changall became interested in the graphic arts and became a leading lithographer. - He combined elements of dreams, fantasy, and religion to create paintings a joyous quality rare in art of the 1900's. - In 1910 he moved to Paris and started using religious symbols in his work. - Marc Chagall did stain glass windows and they were saved during world war 2 by putting bags over the widows. - His middle name is //Zakharovich// //-// Got married in 1915 to //Bella// Rosenfeld - He was Jewish

**__Works Cited:__**
Walther,Ingo.Chagall.Los Angeles: Faschen, 2000. Ivinski, Pamela A. "Chagall, Mark". World book student. World Book,2011. Web 10 Feb. 2011.