William Cook visits the Marc Chagall retrospective in Brussels

c1915 Portrait of Marc Chagall by Yehuda Pen Marc Zakharovich Chagall ( born Moishe Zakharovich Shagalov 1887 - 1985) was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in virtually every artistic format, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints. Born in Vitebsk, Russia, of a deeply religious Jewish family. First artistic instruction under Penn, a local painter, then spent 1907-10 in St Petersburg, where he entered the Imperial School for the Protection of the Fine Arts, and later studied under Bakst. Lived 1910-14 in Paris, where he met Apollinaire, Delaunay, Leger, Modigliani and Lhote. Somewhat influenced by Cubism, but differed from it in his love of fantasy. He held his first one-man exhibition at the Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, 1914. He returned to Russia the same year and had to remain there because of the war. After the Revolution, he was appointed Fine Arts Commissar for the province of Vitebsk and directed an art academy; he also executed murals for Granovsky's Jewish Theatre in Moscow. Spent 1922-3 in Berlin, then 1923-40 in Paris, except for visits to Egypt, Palestine, Holland, Spain, Portugal and Italy; in addition to paintings he made illustrations for Gogol's “Dead Souls,” for La Fontaine's Fables and the Bible. He was in the USA as a refugee 1941-47, then returned to France, settling in 1950 at Saint Paul de Vence. His later works include a new ceiling painting for the Paris Opéra and, from 1957 a number of commissions for stained glass. This is part 1 of a major 28-part series on the works of Marc Chagall: Note: All works © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York - ADAGP, Paris 1906c Old Woman with a Ball of Yarn charcoal, gouache and oil on cardboard Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1907 Young Girl on a Sofa ( Mariaska ) oil on canvas 72 x 92.5 cm Private Collection 1908 A House in Liozna oil on paper 37 x 49 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1908 Red Nude Sitting Up oil on canvas 90 x 70 cm State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia 1908 Small Drawing Room oil on paper 22.5 x 29 cm Private Collection 1908 The Dead oil on canvas 28.8 x 68 cm Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris 1908 View from a Window. Vitebsk gouache on cardboard 49 x 36.3 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1908 Window, Vitebsk oil on canvas 67 x 58 cm Private Collection 1909 Circumcision oil on canvas 77.8 x 71.1 cm 1909 My Fiancée in Black Gloves oil on canvas 88 x 65.1 cm Kunstmuseum, Basel 1909 The Couple oil on canvas 91 x 103 cm Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris 1909 The Marriage oil on canvas 68 x 97 cm E.G. Bührle Foundation, Zürich, Switzerland 1909-11c Sabbath oil on canvas 91 x 95 cm Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne, Germany 1909c Self-Portrait with Brushes oil on canvas 57 x 48 cm Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany 1910 Ateliér oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris 1910 Birth oil on canvas 65 x 89 cm 1910 Bridge pencil, crayon, wash, brush and ink on paper 21.7 x 16.3 cm 1910 Butcher gouache on paper 34 x 24 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia 1910 Nude with a Fan gouache on paper 17.3 x 30.2 cm Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris 1910 Portrait of the Artist’s Sister Aniuta oil on canvas 92.3 x 70.3 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1910 Ressurection of Lazarus gouache over graphite and pen and brown ink with touches of silver metallic pigment on paper 29.5 x 21 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA 1910 Still Life with Lamp oil on canvas 81 x 45 cm Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, Switzerland 1910 The Bread Merchant oil on canvas 65.4 x 75 cm Private Collection 1910 The Model oil on canvas 62 x 51.5 cm Private Collection 1910 Woman with a Bouquet oil on canvas 64 x 53.5 cm Private Collection 1910-11 Still LIfe with Fish oil on burlap 62.9 x 50.2 cm Private Collection 1911 Birth oil on canvas 46 x 36 cm Private Collection 1911 Bride with Fan oil on canvas 45.7 x 38.1 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1911 Couple watercolour and gouache on paper 31.1 x 24.1 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1911 Daphnis and Chloe watercolour on paper 16.5 x 21 cm Private Collection 1911 Death gouache on paper 24.1 x 31.1 cm Marcus Diener Collection, Basel 1911 Dedicated to my Fiancée oil on canvas 196 x 114.5 cm Kunstmuseum, Berne 1911 Half Past Three ( The Poet ) oil on canvas 197 x 146 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA 1911 I and the Village study watercolour and gouache 21.5 x 13.5 cm Marcus Diener Collection, Basel 1911 I and the Village oil on canvas 192.1 x 151.4 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York 1912 I and the Village pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium, Brussels © RMFAB, Brussels/Chagall 1923-24c I and the Village pencil, gouache and watercolour on paper 39 x 30 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1911 Interior II oil on canvas 100 x 180 cm Private Collection 1911 Man at Table oil on canvas 1911 Nude with Cut Fruit ink and brush and watercolour 20 x 29 cm 1911 Nude with Flowers gouache on paper 33.6 c 23.1 cm Private Collection 1911 Our Dining Room Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris 1911 Rain oil ( and charcoal? ) on canvas 86.7 x 108 cm Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice 1911 Rain study Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia Note: This is such a big series, that I will try to post every other day. I always post alerts on Twitter: @poulwebb

MARC CHAGALL (1897-1985) Russian-Jewish painter is recognized as one of the most significant painters and graphic artists of his time. Chagall painted in a style all his own, combining elements of Expressionism, Symbolism, Cubism and, to a lesser degree, other Modernist art movements. His works combine recollection with folklore and fantasy. A prolific and multi-faceted artist, Chagall left behind him thousands of works in many different techniques and media that have established him as one of the foremost artists of the 20th Century. About (Daphnis & Chloe): Daphnis and Chloe is a timeless tale of innocence, cruel fate, loyalty, betrayal, vengeful gods and even dastardly pirates, but one in which love ultimately conquers all. Almost nothing is known about the author -- even his name is in doubt -- although he was probably a native of Italy who wrote in Greek, familiar with the island of Lesbos where the action takes place. But the one thing we do know for certain is that it was written over 2,000 years ago. Believing that Chagall was uniquely suited to depicting this tale of young love triumphing over adversity, he was commissioned to provide a series of illustrations to Daphnis and Chloe. Chagall embarked on a long trip, travelling from Rome to Athens, then Delphi, and finally the island of Poros. Chagall fell in love with the sea, the landscape and the light of the Peloponnese. On the trip he made a series of sun-filled gouaches and pastel drawings, preparatory studies for the 42 lithographs he would subsequently create back in Paris. The result has come to be regarded as one of the most beautiful illustrated books of the last century. Original Limited Edition Offset Lithograph on wove paper, 1977. Edition Size: 250. Paper Size: 12.5" x 9.5." Unsigned & unnumbered as issued. Published by George Braziller. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted.

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Marc Chagall, 1952

"В один прекрасный день (а других и не бывает на свете)..." Представляем цитаты из книг и интервью Марка Шагала вместе с его картинами, образы которых оживают. «Над городом» Марк и Белла - встречайте!

Marc Chagall - Aleko and His Wife Zemphira From an Old Russian Tale - 1955 Ballet e Arte: Marc Chagall - Aleko and His Wife Zemphira From an Old Russian Tale - 1955 Esta cena encantadora de luar retrata Aleko e sua esposa, Zemphira de um antigo conto russo de amor. Chagall, contratado para ilustrar e criar cenários para o balé de Aleko, usa a emoção, a paixão e a emoção da história para inspirar este trabalho. Nela, ele abraça sua mulher sob a luz de uma lua brilhante, as profundas, ricas tonalidades de azul da meia-noite são aumentadas pelo galo vermelho brilhante, usado para significar virilidade e re-nascimento. A história segue Aleko, um velho e cansado marido que é dedicado a sua jovem esposa, infeliz. Nós o seguimos através de uma viagem em que o amor verdadeiro é revelado e explicado a ele, seus valores desafiados, sua moral questionada. É um conto reminiscente de uma tragédia de Shakespeare que Chagall usa como uma base sobre a qual cria um trabalho igualmente rico e inspirador Marc Chagall - figurinos de ciganos para o ballet Aleko e Zemphira Marc Chagall - figurino de Zemphira para o ballet Aleko e Zemphira Esse Ballet é de 1942, produzido em Nova York (com estreia na Cidade do México) e com coreografia de Léonide Massine. Chagall deixou Paris para morar nos Estados Unidos em 1941, e no ano seguinte o coreógrafo Léonide Massine pediu ao artista para projetar um novo ballet baseado no poema "Os Ciganos" de Aleksandr Pushkin de 1824. Um admirador de Pushkin, Chagall estava ansioso para trabalhar neste balé russo-temático, que conta a história de Aleko, um jovem que se apaixona pela cigana Zemphira, mas a assassina no final. Marc Chagall - figurino de cigana para o ballet Aleko e Zemphira Marc Chagall - figurinos de banhistas e camponeses para o ballet Aleko e Zemphira Estes projetos para quatro cenários cênicos do balé podem ser lidos como um léxico de motivos pictóricos de Chagall: amantes e animais pairam contra fundos ricamente saturados, com vestígios de aldeias muito abaixo. Enquanto muitos designers de teatro deixam a execução de seus planos para pintores profissionais de palco, Chagall foi envolvido na pintura à mão dos cenários finais. Marc Chagall - figurino de Zemphira para o ballet Aleko e Zemphira Marc Chagall - cenário de carnaval para o ballet Aleko e Zemphira Aparentemente esse bale foi baseado no poema "Os Ciganos" de Alexander Pushkin. A música original feita para ópera Aleko é a primeira das três óperas completas de Sergei Rachmaninoff. Mas a musica para o ballet foi composta por Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky Marc Chagall - cenário de luar para o ballet Aleko e Zemphira Marc Chagall - figurino de Zemphira para o ballet Aleko e Zemphira O resumo da história: Um grupo de ciganos armou suas tendas para passar a noite na margem de um rio. Debaixo de uma lua pálida, eles acendem fogueiras, preparam uma refeição e cantam a liberdade de sua existência nômade. Um velho cigano conta uma história. Há muito tempo, ele amou Mariula que o abandonou por outro homem, deixando para trás Zemfira, sua filha. Zemfira está agora crescida, tem o seu próprio filho, e vive com Aleko, um russo que abandonou a civilização para a vida cigana. Ouvindo essa história, Aleko está indignado que o pai de Zemfira não tomou vingança sobre Mariula. Mas Zemfira discorda. Para ela, como para a mãe, o amor é livre, e ela mesma já cansada da possessividade de Aleko, agora ama um cigano jovem, um do seu próprio povo. Depois de danças para as mulheres e os homens, os ciganos se preparam para dormir. Zemfira aparece com seu jovem amante, a quem ela beija apaixonadamente antes de desaparecer na sua própria tenda para cuidar de seu filho. Aleko entra e Zemfira zomba dele, cantando sobre seu selvagem amante. Sozinho, Aleko lamenta sobre a catástrofe de sua relação com Zemfira e o fracasso de sua tentativa de fugir do mundo comum. No amanhecer, ele surpreende Zemfira e seu amante juntos. Em um tormento de ciúme ele mata os dois. Todos os ciganos se reúnem, perturbados pelo ruído. Liderados pelo pai de Zemfira, eles poupam a vida de Aleko mas o expulsam do convívio deles para sempre. Marc Chagall - figurino do pai de Zemphira para o ballet Aleko e Zemphira Marc Chagall - cenário da cena de vingança para o ballet Aleko e Zemphira Marc Chagall - cenário da cena final para o ballet Aleko e Zemphira Texto escrito e/ou traduzido e/ou adaptado ©Arteeblog - não copie esse artigo sem autorização desse blog, mas compartilhe usando os ícones de compartilhamento para e-mail ou redes sociais.

The Centre Pompidou examines the thrilling but lesser-known story of the People’s Art School, founded in 1918 by the painter Marc Chagall in his hometown of Vitebsk.

Marc Chagall ~ Hour between Wolf and Dog , 1938-43

A love story is always a good read, especially if it's so magic and touching as the one between Bella and Marc Chagall.

“Great art picks up where nature ends.” Marc Chagall, a Russian-French early modernist artist, was born on July 7, 1887.

Chagall—The Breakthrough Years, 1911–1919 brings Marc Chagall’s early oeuvre into focus. The exhibition was designed around the extraordinary ensemble of outstanding paintings by the French artist in the collections of the Kunstmuseum Basel and the Im…