Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949

Exhibition:
April 23 - September 7, 2009

Organized by the The Jewish Museum, New York, Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949 is the first exhibition devoted to the extraordinary artwork created for Russian Jewish theater productions in the 1920s and 1930s, including the early days of the legendary productions of The Dybbuk and The Golem at the Habimah Hebrew theater (currently the national theater of Israel), to the Yiddish theater that thrived in Moscow until Stalin murdered its founders.

The exhibition will bring to light a remarkable period in the early years of the Soviet Union when innovative visual artists, including Marc Chagall, Natan Altman, and Robert Falk joined forces with avant-garde playwrights, actors, and theatrical producers to create a theater experience with extraordinary mass appeal. Through paintings, costume and set designs, posters, photographs, film clips and theater ephemera - many of which have never been exhibited before - Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949 will capture an exhilarating but fleeting moment in the cultural history of the Soviet Union.

Members only exhibition preview: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Exhibit:
April 23 - September 7, 2009

The Contemporary Jewish Museum
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