Awards
Costa Biography Award
2009 Shortlist
Chagall by Jackie Wullschlager
Judges: "Not just the artist's life and his work but a chronicle of the shattering events of the 20th century. Great scholarship, enlightening observations about the paintings and an engaging style - we couldn't put it down."
Born the son of a Russian Jewish herring merchant, Chagall fled the repressive 'potato-coloured' czarist empire in 1911 to develop his genius in Paris. Through war and revolution, he gave form to his dreams, longings and memories in paintings which are considered among the most humane and joyful of the 20th century. With access to hundreds of hitherto unseen and unpublished letters from the Chagall family collection and drawing on numerous interviews with the artists family, friends, dealers and collectors, Wullschlager creates a full and true account of Chagall the man and the artist - and of a life as intense and haunting as his paintings.
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