Kapitel: Marc Chagall, Robert Parker, Hans Gmelin, Bertus de Harder, Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Tomáš Špidlík, Frédéric Mistral, Marcel Pagnol, Gert Von Paczensky, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Andrew Bertie, Emil Brichta, Rudolf Köppler, Hartwig Reimann, Dietrich Lang, Paul Bertololy, Volker Sellin, Busso Peus, Günther Klotz, Dieter Pitthan. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Marc Chagall (English pronunciation: , ; Yiddish: ; Russian: ; 7 July 1887 – 28 March 1985), was a Russian-French artist, associated with several key art movements and was one of the most successful artists of the twentieth century. He created a unique career in virtually every artistic medium, including paintings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine art prints. Chagall’s haunting, exuberant, and poetic images have enjoyed universal appeal, with art critic Robert Hughes referring to him as „the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century.“ As a pioneer of modernism and one of the greatest figurative artists of the twentieth century, Marc Chagall achieved fame and fortune, and over the course of a long career created some of the best-known paintings of our time. According to art historian Michael J. Lewis, Chagall was considered to be „the last survivor of the first generation of European modernists.“ For decades he „had also been respected as the world’s preeminent Jewish artist.“ Using the medium of stained glass, he produced windows for the cathedrals of Reims and Metz, windows for the United Nations, and the Jerusalem Windows in Israel. He also did large-scale paintings, including the ceiling for the Paris Opéra. His most vital work was made on the eve of World War I, when he traveled between St. Petersburg, Paris, and Berlin. During this period he created his own mixture and style of modern art based on his visions of Eastern European Jewish folk culture. He spent his wartime years in Russia, becoming one …http://booksllc.net/?l=de