Art: Russian With a Flair

In San Francisco's Museum of Art, 15 paintings went on show last week celebrating the eccentric, Slavic, bucolic conceits of Marc Chagall, a 51-year-old Russian with a flair for flowery dreams. Typical: Inspiration, showing a youth playing a fiddle with one hand while kneeling on the back of a deer. This is no mean stunt, and as a reward a Christmasy angel is presenting him with a bouquet. Behind is calm blue water with a calm blue couple in a rowboat.

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