Chagall

English Etymology From a French surname of Hebrew origin. Pronunciation shə-gälʹ shə-gălʹ Noun An artwork, or a copy of one, by the famous artist Marc Chagall. en 2013-06-29 Of mice and Manet The Economist https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2013/06/29/of-mice-and-manet [Dr Shigeru Watanabe] has previously shown that Java sparrows are able to distinguish cubist paintings from impressionist and Japanese ones, and that pigeons can tell a Chagall from a Van Gogh, as well as discriminating between the Japanese school and the impressionist. en 1973 Anne-Marie Stein; George Carpozi Three Picassos Before Breakfast: Memoirs of an Art Forger's Wife Hawthorne Books https://books.google.com/books?id=Sk03AQAAIAAJ&dq=chagalls&focus=searchwithinvolume 46 For the next two weeks David worked resolutely at the drawing board turning out Chagalls in crayon, watercolor, and gouache, and he even experimented boldly in oils. Proper noun en French; en art used specifically of Marc Chagall (1887–1985), a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin, renown for his use of colors and as a pioneer of modernism, incorporating elements of symbolism, fauvism, and cubism. en 2014 James A. Levine Bingo's Run New York Spiegel & Grau 100 https://books.google.com/books?id=dSwUAAAAQBAJ&dq=Chagall&pg=PA100 “What's tha most monay for a paintin' eva?” ¶ She smiled. “Well, last month I sold a Braque for two million and a Chagall oil for four million. ” en 2003-04-23 Sarah Bardem The French collections The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/apr/23/1 Images of flying brides, goats, acrobats and musicians recur again and again in the work of Chagall, each time reworked through the colour spectrum in a world at once harmonious and spiritual. Derived terms en Chagallesque<pos:adjective> Chagallian<pos:adjective> See also Chagall (disambiguation)