Model for the curtain "The Firebird", The Enchanted Forest, 1945, Private collection, © Archives Marc et Ida Chagall. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris In the 1950s Picasso said, “When Matisse dies, Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what color really is.” Famous for his colorful paintings of floating figures and flying animals, Russian-born artist Marc Chagall also worked in other mediums. It’s these lesser-known aspects of the artist’s practice that areexplored in “Chagall: Beyond Color” at the Dallas Museum of Art from February 17 to May 26, 2013. Costumes, ceramics, and sculptures are arranged chronologically -- from Chagall’s formative years in Russia and Paris, wartime exile in the United States, and post-war return to France. Visitors may recognize in the white marbles, terra cottas, and silk ballet costumes familiar people and animals from his much loved paintings. The eldest of nine children in a poor Hasidic family Read More