A Russian in Paris: How painter Marc Chagall stormed the 20th Century

University Wire | September 10, 1999| | Copyright

Giovanna Dell'orto
University Wire
09-10-1999
(Minnesota Daily) (U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- The illogical, impossible nature of our existence, the miracle, the other dimension...

--Marc Chagall

Open a window on Paris and the magic of the city comes in: a bunch of wildflowers on a table, a cat perched on a window sill, the silvery Eiffel Tower stretching toward the sky and a collage of old palaces huddled together. A whiff of fresh baguette comes in.

But if the window you're looking out is Marc Chagall's, the reality of Paris is transformed into a dream. A man with two faces stares in opposite ...

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