Chagall A lively and comprehensive examination of the prodigious output of Chagall. A lively and comprehensive examination of the prodigious output of Marc Chagall (1887-1985), not only in painting but also book illustration, theatre design, stained glass and poetry The first survey of Chagalls work to take full advantage of new material available to the West since glasnost Follows Chagall from his Russian-Jewish childhood, through his encounter with the Parisian avant-garde and his activities in revolutionary Russia, to his later years in America and the South of France Monica Bohm-Duchen is known for her work as an organizer of exhibitions and as a lecturer and writer on twentieth-century art. She is author of The Nude and Understanding Modern Art, and contributor to the catalogue: Chagall, Love and the Stage (Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1998).