Author: Chagall, Marc
Title: Windows of Jerusalem
Place of publication: New York; Monte Carlo
Two original lithographs by Marc Chagall were printed by Mourlot Frères
Publisher: George Braziller; André Sauret
Dimensions: 32.6 x 24.5 cm
Publication date: 1962
Description: 213 pages with two original color lithographs by Marc Chagall, made especially for the book. Also many color illustrations and drawings by Chagall and photographs of windows.
Chagall designed the stained glass windows of the synagogue at the Hadaassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem.
This album was designed by André Sauret and was completed on June 7, 1962. Thirty-six color preparatory designs, some of which are in twenty colors, were transferred to the stones by Charles Sorlier under the direction of Marc Chagall. These designs and two original lithographs by Marc Chagall were printed by Mourlot Frères. The other reproductions and the binding are the work of Draeger Frères.
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - French painter and graphic artist of Russian origin. A prominent representative of the École de Paris. He studied drawing with the Vitebsk painter Jud Pen. In 1907 he began his studies at the St. Petersburg Academy .In 1910-1914 he was on scholarship in Paris, where he came into contact with Cubism and became friends with G. Apollinaire and M. Jacob. In 1915 he married Bella , she was the muse of many of his paintings. In 1919 he was the artistic director of the State Jewish Theater in Moscow. Since 1947 he lived permanently in Paris. After naive-realist paintings in his early work, he succumbed to the influence of Cubism, Expressionism and Surrealism. His paintings are dominated by serene love themes, landscapes and religious scenes. His characteristic means of expression include deformation of shapes, distortion of proportions, predominance of vivid reds, blues and greens.
