An insightful portrait of the Russian-born modernist artist describes his stunning studies of the lost world of Eastern European Jewry in his paintings of the shtetl life of his childhood, his pioneering role in twentieth-century art, his colorful personal life, and his lasting artistic legacy, in a study highlighted by more than forty reproductions of important paintings.

Format: Hardcover
Published: in USA in 2008
Publisher: Random House Inc
Pages: 582
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780375414558
ISBN 10: 037541455X
Edition: 1