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Did Marc Chagall work in the Expressionist style?

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Did Marc Chagall work in the Expressionist style?
Yes, Marc Chagall worked in the Expressionist style, but he is associated with a range of modes and was inspired by various styles.

Chagall's lithographs as well as his other prints and paintings widely influenced the fantastic imagery of Surrealism and other movements of the 20th century. Known for his dreamlike creations inspired by folk art, Chagall drew on the colors and forms introduced by Cubism and Fauvism for a distinctive style all his own.

Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared. You can certainly detect the trademark bright colors and dramatic, exaggerated brushstrokes of Expressionism reflected in Chagall’s works such as his Vision of Paris and I and the Village.

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Nude with a Fan - Female Nude with Fan French Russian Ecole de Paris
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
This original etching with drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right corner. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at t...
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1920s Modern Nude Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Itinerant Players from Chagall Lithographs I
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Lithograph
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Wandering Musicians from Chagall Lithographs I
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Lithograph
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Le cirque pl.17
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours on Arches paper, 1967, from the unsigned edition of 250 copies (there was also a signed and numbered edition of 24 copies with margins and 20 hors commerce in R...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Four Tales of the Arabian Nights, Pl.3
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
Then he spent the night with her embracing and clipping. from 'Four Tales of the Arabian Nights', Pl.3. Lithograph in colours, 1948, from Four Tales of the Arabian Nights, the del...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Le Peintre devant le Tableau
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
Colour lithograph, 1978. Signed and numbered 45 of an edition of 50 copies in pencil lower margin. Dimensions: image 40.8 x 31.3 cm; 16 x 12 3/8 inches. Reference: Mourlot 932.
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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