Marc Chagall, 1887-1985: Painting as Poetry Norman M. Scarborough Auden has gradually come to

Auden has gradually come to seem an intimate poet

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Publication Date: 01 May 2001

Marc Chagall, 1887-1985: Painting as Poetry Norman M. Scarborough Auden has gradually come toColourful dreams and Chagall's world full of everyday miracles. The Belarusian painter Marc Chagall (1887 1985) is widely regarded as epitomizing the "painter as poet". The worldwide admiration he commanded remains unparalleled by any artist of the century. Chagalls paintings, steeped in mythology and mysticism, portray colourful dreams and tales that are deeply rooted in his Russian Jewish origins. The memories and yearning they evoke recall his