Chagall Burning Lights Author:Bella Chagall and Marc Chagall Among students and lovers of art, Vitebsk is known as the birthplace of Marc Chagall. in this busy market town and center of Hasidic Jewry, Chagall received his earliest impressions. The dreamlike Russian landscape and the fervent religious faith of the Jewish quarter have haunted and inspired his work ever since. Ball Chagall, the painter's fir... more »st wife, who died in 1944, was also raise in Vitebsk. She was the youngest of seven children born to a well-to-do Hasidic family. While living in France in the 1930s the Chagalls conceived of the idea of commemorating their native town with a book. Bella Chagall wrote her reminiscences, and Marc illustrated with 36 pen-and-ink drawings. This book is truly a labor of love, and its rare and subtle beauty will communicate itself to every reader.« less