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When Chagall Battled For Russia’s Soul

JL;DR SUMMARY Marc Chagall's tumultuous journey in post-revolutionary Russia is highlighted in the Jewish Museum's exhibit on the Russian Avant-Garde. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Marc ChagallSoviet UnionRussian HistoryVitebskRussian Avant GardeKazimir MalevichArtistic ConflictSuprematismRevolutionary ArtJewish Museum Exhibit

Places mentioned

Vitebsk, Belarus
"The conflict played out in Vitebsk, now in Belarus, Chagalls hometown."
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
"Kazimir Malevichs Mystic Suprematism (Red Cross on Black Circle) (1920-1922). Image by Stedelijk Museum Collection (Amsterdam)"
Moscow, Russian Federation
"By the following June, Chagall had left the school for Moscow."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"As curator Angela Lampe of Pariss Centre Pompidou, where Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich originated, writes in an essay in the exhibitions catalogue"

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