Born in a small Russian village, Marc Chagall rose to become one of the most famous and influential artists of his day. His paintings are filled with fantastic imagery: lovers flying over cities, animals with human faces, people turning into violins, musicians leaping over rooftops. Yet despite his many sources of inspiration, his Jewish roots, he said, were always his truest guide: “If I were not Jewish I never would have become an artist.” In her presentation from June 9, 2020, Dr. Linda Burghardt explored the development of Chagall’s work as his life took him through Tsarist Russia, Nazi-controlled Europe and post-war America. If you missed this program you can watch it now:
This program was funded in part by Humanities New York with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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