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VITEBSK ART SCHOOL (part 2)
Having learned the lessons of new European art and declaring himself to be a rapidly maturing master, M. Chagall returned to Vitebsk on the eve of the First World War. In fact, in less than a decade, from an unknown student of a provincial artist, he grows into one of the leading masters of the emerging avant-garde. And this is not surprising if you pay attention to how easily and organically he created his original art system, attracting childishly naive imagination and romantic metaphor, intrepidly departing from realism and ahead of the masters of Western Europe, whose evolution indicates the intense efforts made to free oneself from the tenacious embrace of the artistic tradition. Continue reading
period
technique
selection
school
density
movements
reproduction
members
emergence
unshakable
canvas
sixties
soldiers
province
communal
combination
professional
distinguished
ideological
contact
different
enthusiasm
student
manufacture
again left
community
institution
traditions
troubles
harmony
technologies
absolutely
educational
characteristic
returned
modest
landscapes
available
watercolors
documentary
background
musician
creation
milestone
performance
minerals
artists
phenomenon
landscape
resistant
number
Museum
workshop
various
subsequent
decorative
snowflakes
composition
festivals
until
photography
development
transmitted
finally
arrogance
sepia