Shishanov 2018, p.112: "The creation of the Museum of Contemporary Art became one of the manifestations of the process called 'Vitebsk Renaissance' and made Vitebsk one of the recognized avant-garde centers of the early 20th century." Shishanov, Valery (2018). "Vitebsk Museum of Contemporary Art in the Polemics and Practice of the Artistic Movements of 1918–1922". Scientific Notes (in Russian and English). Vol.26. Vitebsk: Vitebsk State University. pp.110–119. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
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Baal-Teshuva 2008, p.69: "In a review, Apollinaire wrote of Chagall as 'a young Russian painter, a truly inspired colourist, who draws on the whimsical imagery of Slavic folk art, but always transcends it.'". Baal-Teshuva, Jacob (2008) [1998]. Marc Chagall. Taschen. ISBN978-3-8228-3128-1.
Chagall 1960. Chagall, Marc (1960). My Life. Translated by Abbott, Elizabeth. New York: The Orion Press.
Baal-Teshuva 2008, p.230: "1920 .. Chagall leaves the Vitebsk Academy, which has been renamed by Malevich 'Suprematist Academy', and goes to Moscow." Baal-Teshuva, Jacob (2008) [1998]. Marc Chagall. Taschen. ISBN978-3-8228-3128-1.
Cooper 1970, p.130. Cooper, Douglas (1970). The Cubist Epoch. London: Phaidon, in association with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art & the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN978-0-87587-041-0.
Wullschlager 2008a, p.9: "Vitebsk, 'my sad and joyful town,' was approaching the zenith of its development as a solid, provincial outpost of the vast Russian Empire when Chagall was born there on 7 July 1887". Wullschlager, Jackie (2008a). Chagall: A Biography. Knopf. ISBN9780307270580.
Wullschlager 2008a, pp.223-224: "He never explained his refusal of Lunacharsky's offer, but a lifelong lack of interest in politics, and Bella's very strong advice to play no part in the government, were the major reasons." Wullschlager, Jackie (2008a). Chagall: A Biography. Knopf. ISBN9780307270580.
Wullschlager 2008a, p.229: "In August, against Bella's advice ('my wife wept when she saw me neglect my painting'), he took the train to Petrograd to visit Lunacharsky." Wullschlager, Jackie (2008a). Chagall: A Biography. Knopf. ISBN9780307270580.
Wullschlager 2008a, p.350: "...in 'Abraham and the Three Angels,' the winged visitors with their animated, interested expressions sit and chat over a glass of wine as if they have just dropped by for a dinner." Wullschlager, Jackie (2008a). Chagall: A Biography. Knopf. ISBN9780307270580.
Central Registry 2022, section 2: "The 1911 oil on canvas, 'The Father,' set for auction on November 15, was purchased in 1928 by a Polish-Jewish violin maker, David Cender, who lost his possessions when he was forced to move to the Lodz ghetto. Deported to Auschwitz, where his wife and daughter were killed, the violin maker survived and moved to France in 1958, where he died in 1966 without regaining possession of the painting -- now estimated to be worth $6 million to $8 million.". "Chagall painting stolen by Nazis to be auctioned in New York". lootedart.com. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
Wullschlager 2008b, section 2: "The artist Ilya Repin called Vitebsk 'the Russian Toledo' because, like El Greco's city, its tumbling silhouette was characterized by a mix of Christian and Jewish spires, towers, and domes, dating back to the twelfth-century Church of the Annunciation." Wullschlager, Jackie (27 November 2008b). "'Chagall'". The New York Times.
