|
|
Article: Eye to eye in the village.(ABOUT THE COVER)(Cover story)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
"One fine day as my mother was putting the bread in the oven," recounted Marc Chagall, "I went up to her and taking her by her flour-smeared elbow I said to her, 'Mama I want to be a painter.'" This wish was out of line with the circumstances. The oldest of nine children in a family of modest means, he was aware of the constraints and his father's toil in the fish-curing business, "My heart used to twist like a Turkish bagel as I watched him lift those weights and stir the herring with his frozen hands."
Chagall had little exposure to art during childhood, until one day, he saw a schoolmate draw a picture from a magazine. Ridiculed ...