My Life - Hardcover

Chagall, Marc

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0720606608 ISBN 13: 9780720606607

Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers, 1985

Synopsis

Marc Chagall s strange autobiographical essay on his early life has established itself as a unique document in twentieth-century literature. Completed by the artist in 1922, this memoir was not available in English until Peter Owen published this translation in 1965, and it has remained in print ever since. Lyrical and evocative, it is a key work in Chagall studies for the light it throws on the shaping of the artist s creative genius. His deep roots in Jewish tradition religious and secular are reflected in these recollections of his poverty-stricken youth from Witebsk, White Russia, to the Paris art world. Contains fifty illustrations by the author

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Review

Anyone who likes Chagall s paintings will enjoy this book: the work of an unteachable, unspoiled folk artist. . --Evening Standard

Full of enjoyments --Guardian

Chagall writes as whimsically as he paints; lovingly of other people, humourously and lovingly of himself. --Daily Mail

Full of enjoyments --Guardian

Chagall writes as whimsically as he paints; lovingly of other people, humourously and lovingly of himself. --Daily Mail

From the Back Cover

My life was written in Moscow in 1921-1922, when Chagall was 35 years old. Although long out- of-print, it remains one of the most extraordinarily inventive and beautifully told of all autobiographies. The text is accompanied by twenty plates which Chagall prepared especially to illustrate his life story. Together, the words and pictures paint an incomparable portrait of one of the greatest painters of this century, and of the now vanished milieu which inspired him.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0720606608
• ISBN 13: 9780720606607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176