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Marc Chagall
Read more...Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, engraver, illustrator, decorative and applied artist, writer. Born Moishe Shagal to a poor Hassidic family in Vitebsk (1887). Worked as a photographer’s ...
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Chaïm Soutine
Read more...Painter. Studied drawing under Chaïm Krüger in Minsk (1909). Worked as a photographer’s assistant in Vilna, attended the Vilna Academy of Arts (1910–13), where he met Michel Kikoine and Pinchus Krémè...
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Marevna
Read more...Painter, graphic artist, applied artist. Born Marie Vorobieff-Stebelska, daughter of a Polish nobleman (Bronislaw Stebelskij) and actress (Maria Worobjewa). Studied at the Tiflis School of Fine Arts ...
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