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- 1887-1985. Russian-born French painter and
- designer; much of his highly coloured,
- fantastic imagery was inspired by the village
- life of his boyhood. He also designed stained
- glass, mosaics (for Israel's Knesset in the
- 1960s), tapestries, and stage sets. Chagall
- is an original figure, often seen as a
- precursor of Surrealism, as in The Dream
- (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). He
- lived mainly in France from 1922. His stained
- glass can be found in, notably, a chapel in
- Venice, the south of France, 1950s, and a
- synagogue near Jerusalem. He also produced
- illustrated books.
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