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Did Marc Chagall work in the Expressionist style?
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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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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.
Find a selection of Marc Chagall art on 1stDibs.
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Sans titre (Cramer 93; Mourlot 699), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 19.3 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Chagall, Marc, ...
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1970s Expressionist Landscape Prints
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Lithograph
"Hagar in the Desert" original lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for the art revue Verve in 1960 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bibl...
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1960s Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Music Angel - Stone lithograph - Catalog Raisonne : Mourlot #CS25
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL
Music Angel (L'Ange de la Musique), 1966
Stone lithograph
Engraved by Charles Sorlier under the supervion of Marc Chagall in Atelier Mourlot
Printed signature in the pl...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Daphnis et Chloé (Mourlot 227), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Mourlot, Fernand, and Marc Chagall. Chagall...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
The Circus : On Stage - Original Lithograph (Mourlot #526)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
The Circus : On Stage, 1967
Original lithograph (Mourlot Workshop)
On Arches vellum 42 x 32 cm (c. 17 x 13 in)
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
L’écuyère au cheval rouge (Mourlot 191), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Mourlot, Fernand, and Marc Chagall...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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