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Chagall

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French; (art) used specifically of Marc Chagall (1887–1985), a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin, renown for his use of colors and as a pioneer of modernism, incorporating elements of symbolism, fauvism, and cubism.

    "“What's tha most monay for a paintin' eva?” ¶ She smiled. “Well, last month I sold a Braque for two million and a Chagall oil for four million. […]”"

Noun
  1. 1
    An artwork, or a copy of one, by the famous artist Marc Chagall.

    "[Dr Shigeru Watanabe] has previously shown that Java sparrows are able to distinguish cubist paintings from impressionist and Japanese ones, and that pigeons can tell a Chagall from a Van Gogh, as well as discriminating between the Japanese school and the impressionist."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a French surname of Hebrew origin.

Etymology 2

From a French surname of Hebrew origin.

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