Marc Chagall, one of the most famous early modernist and Jewish artists, died on 28 March 1985 at the age of 97. Born into a Litvak Hasidic family near Vitebsk, he remained deeply connected to Jewish life in his art. Marc Chagall had several links with Vilnius and Lithuania.
Category Archives: Famous Litvaks
Shtetl of the Week: Butrimonys
I spotted a Jewish joke on a wall in the Butrimonys eldership building a few years ago. Today, I return as part of my Shtetl of the Week series to explore the town’s past and the traces that remain.
Arbit Blatas: the Litvak eye behind Montparnasse
Arbit Blatas, a Lithuanian-born Litvak artist, became one of the most vivid visual chroniclers of Paris. Living among the greats of the École de Paris, he sketched studios, cafés, and street life with immediacy and insight. His works preserve the atmosphere of a creative era that has since vanished.
Litvak Shtetls 