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Marc Chagall (1887 Peskowatik - 1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence), Bible Verve, 1956. Color lithograph from Verve ‘Bilder zur Bibel’, Editions de la Revue Verve, No. 33-34, Teriade Paris, 1956. Mourlot Lithograph I, No. 118, 35.5 cm x 26.5 cm.
- slightly bumped, remains of original mounting on verso
- Eternal Struggle -
Instead of Moses holding the tablets of the law aloft, an angel presents them. However, the angel appears to be wrestling with the tablets, suggesting that humans struggle to uphold divine laws. Through this wrestling motif, Chagall also refers to Jacob's battle with an angel of God, which lasts until dawn and ultimately blesses Jacob. The black lines that stand out against the energetic yellow background further emphasize the powerful nature of the depiction.
About the artist
Marc Chagall is considered the "painter-poet" of modernism. Born into a Jewish family in Vitebsk, he received his first artistic training at the private Swansewa art school in St. Petersburg. From 1910 on, Chagall lived in Paris, where he was exposed to contemporary art movements such as Fauvism and Cubism. There, he collaborated with other artists, including Picasso. Chagall developed his own style, often described as surrealist, expressionist, and romantic.
After visiting Russia in 1914, the First World War prevented Chagall from returning to Paris. In the following years, he participated in exhibitions in Moscow and became known as a leader of the Russian avant-garde. Chagall returned to Paris in 1923 and became an internationally sought-after artist. During World War II, he emigrated to New York City with his wife, Bella. The Museum of Modern Art organized a retrospective of his work. After World War II, Chagall returned to France and lived in Saint-Paul-de-Vence until his death. He created numerous paintings, prints, illustrations, and stained glass windows, including the famous window in the Hadassah synagogue in Jerusalem.
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Marc Chagall (1887 Peskowatik - 1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence), Bible Verve, 1956. Farblithografie aus Verve ‘Bilder zur Bibel’, Editions de la Revue Verve, Nr. 33-34, Teriade Paris, 1956. Mourlot Lithograph I, Nr. 118, 35,5 cm x 26,5 cm.
- leicht bestoßen, verso mit Resten der ursprünglichen Montage
- Ewiges Ringen -
Die Gesetzestafeln werden nicht von Moses, sondern einem Engel in die Höhe gehalten, der sie zwar präsentiert, zugleich aber mit ihnen zu ringen scheint, so wie der Mensch um die Einhaltung der göttlichen Gesetze ringt. Mit dem Motiv des Ringens bezieht sich Chagall zudem auf Jakobs bis zum Morgengrauen währenden Kampf mit einem Engel Gottes, der Jakob am Ende den Segen erteilt. Die sich vor dem gelben energetischen Grund abhebende schwarze Lineatur verstärkt den kraftvollen Charakter der Darstellung.
zum Künstler
Marc Chagall gilt als "Maler-Poet" der Moderne. In einer jüdischen Familie in Witebsk aufgewachsen, erhielt er seine erste künstlerische Ausbildung in St. Petersburg an der privaten Swansewa-Kunstschule. Ab 1910 lebte Chagall in Paris, wo er sich den aktuellen Kunstströmungen wie Fauvismus und Kubismus öffnete und mit anderen Künstlern wie Picasso zusammenarbeitete. Er entwickelte seinen eigenen Stil, der oft als surrealistisch, aber auch als expressionistisch und romantisch bezeichnet wird.
Nach einem Besuch in Russland 1914 wurde Chagall durch den Ersten Weltkrieg daran gehindert, nach Paris zurückzukehren. In den folgenden Jahren beteiligte er sich an Ausstellungen in Moskau und wurde als Protagonist der russischen Avantgarde bekannt. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg kehrte Chagall 1923 nach Paris zurück, wo er zu einem international gefragten Künstler wurde. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs emigrierte er mit seiner Frau Bella nach New York, wo das Museum of Modern Art eine Retrospektive seiner Werke veranstaltete. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg kehrte Chagall nach Frankreich zurück und lebte bis zu seinem Tod in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. Er schuf zahlreiche Gemälde, Druckgrafiken, Illustrationen und Kirchenfenster, darunter das berühmte Glasfenster in der Synagoge von Hadassah in Jerusalem.
- Creator:Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985, French)
- Dimensions:Height: 14.97 in (38 cm)Width: 10.24 in (26 cm)Depth: 0.4 in (1 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Berlin, DE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2438216432602
Marc Chagall
Described by art critic Robert Hughes as "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century," the Russian-French modernist Marc Chagall worked in nearly every artistic medium. Influenced by Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism and Surrealism, he developed his own distinctive style, combining avant-garde techniques and motifs with elements drawn from Eastern European Jewish folk art.
Born Moishe Segal in 1887, in Belarus (then part of the Russian empire), Chagall is often celebrated for his figurative paintings, but he also produced stained-glass windows for the cathedrals of Reims and Metz, in France; for the United Nations, in New York; and for the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, as well as book illustrations, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine-art prints. Characterized by a bold color palette and whimsical imagery, his works are often narrative, depicting small-village scenes and quotidian moments of peasant life, as in his late painting The Flight into Egypt from 1980.
Before World War I, Chagall traveled between St. Petersburg, Paris and Berlin. When the conflict broke out, he returned to Soviet-occupied Belarus, where he founded the Vitebsk Arts College before leaving again for Paris in 1922. He fled to the United States during World War II but in 1947 returned to France, where he spent the rest of his life. His peripatetic career left its mark on his style, which was distinctly international, incorporating elements from each of the cultures he experienced.
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