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Portrait of Marc Chagall
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Yehudah Pen painted this portrait of Marc Chagall soon after Chagall returned to Vitebsk from Paris in order to marry his sweetheart, Bella. While he was there, World War I broke out, and Chagall was…

Contributor:

Yehudah Pen

Places:

Vitebsk, Russian Empire (Vitebsk, Belarus)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Portrait, Jewish identity, Artists, Adolescence, Aesthetics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Painting of man in hat holding palette and looking at viewer.
Adam and Eve
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David Yakerson’s Adam and Eve dates from a time before his turn to the much more abstract style of suprematism. In this illustration, Adam and Eve blend in with other decorative elements in a…

Contributor:

David Yakerson

Places:

Vitebsk, Russian Empire (Vitebsk, Belarus)

Date:

1918

Subjects:

Modernism, Life cycle, Women, Modernity, Sin

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Drawing with line down center separating two nude figures among flowers.