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.