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Friday, March 28, 1997 | return to: international
Israeli wants to bring Chagall’s house home
by JERUSALEM (JTA) -- An Israeli gallery owner is seeking permission from the former Soviet republic of Belarus to buy the house wh, The dealer said he hoped the Jerusalem municipality would make it possible to rebuild the house, which could serve as a museum f
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Chagall was born in 1887 in Vitebsk, a small Russian village that is now in Belarus.
Chagall, who was a forerunner to surrealism, drew his subject matter from Jewish life and folklore. Among his most famous works are the 12 stained-glass windows at the Hadassah Hospital in the Ein Kerem section of Jerusalem.
Chagall died in 1985.
Copyright Notice (c) 1997, San Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc., dba Jewish Bulletin of Northern California. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any form without permission.
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