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Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)

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Tamar Daughter-in-Law of Judah from The Bible Series, 1960	Paradise 1 from The Bible Series, 1960	Esther from The Bible Series, 1960	Exhortation Of Joshua from The Bible Series, 1960	Adam and Eve are Banished From Paradise from The Bible Series, 1960

Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert from The Bible Series, 1960	Spirit of the Circus L'ame Du Cirque

Chagall Poster Rider on a Red Horse	Chagall Poster Zircus	Daphnis & Chloe

Flute Player "Le Joueur de Flute"		Derrière le miroir n° 182	Derrière le miroir n° 198

Marc Chagall was born in 1887 to a poor family in Russia. He was the eldest of nine children. In 1907 he began studying art with Leon Bakst in St. Petersburg. It was at this time that his distinct style that we recognize today began to emerge. As his paintings began to center on images from his childhood, the focus that would guide his artistic motivation for the rest of his life came to fruition.

In 1910, Chagall, moved to Paris for four years. It was during this period that he painted some of his most famous paintings, and developed the features that became recognizable trademarks of his art. Strong and bright colors began to portray the world in a dreamlike state. Fantasy, nostalgia, and religion began to fuse together to create otherworldly images.

In 1914, Chagall held a one-man show in Berlin. During the war, he resided in Russia, and in 1917, endorsing the revolution, he was appointed Commissar for Fine Arts in Vitebsk and then director of the newly established Free Academy of Art. In 1922, Chagall left Russia, settling in France one year later. He lived there permanently except for the years 1941 - 1948 when, fleeing France during World War II, he resided in the United States.

Chagall's paintings are inspired by themes from the Bible. His fascination with the Bible culminated in a series of over 100 etchings illustrating the Bible, many of which incorporate elements from folklore and from religious life in Russia.

Chagall received many prizes and much recognition for his work. He was also one of very few artists to exhibit work at the Louvre in their lifetime.

Marc Chagall Quotes:

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.
Great art picks up where nature ends.
I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more.
I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.
If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.
The fingers must be educated, the thumb is born knowing.
When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.
Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.

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