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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$175,000
Bonjour Sur Paris, 1952 - Mixed Media Hand-Signed & Annotated by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mixed Media work on Paper, hand colored by the artist on a lithographic touch plate. Signed and annotated “bon à tirer” impression on Arches paper, heavily annotated by Chagall. Pap...
Lithograph
Le Bouquet Rose (The Rose Bouquet), 1980 - Hand-Signed Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Lithograph on Arches wove paper, pencil hand-signed and numbered 32/50, with gold leaf frame. Paper Size: 45.7" x 29.7" Framed Size: 54" x 39" Catalogue raisonné: M.979 Th...
Lithograph
$385
H 10 in Dm 10 in
Salvador Dali - La Musica Lt Ed plate in white porcelain with 24-carat gold edge
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in New York, NY
One of seven allegorical plates on the arts. Made by the company Porcelanas Bidasoa (Spain) in 1980 in fine white porcelain, with 24-carat gold edge. Limited edition of 5,000 example...
Gold
$700
H 6.25 in W 2 in D 2 in
"Untitled" David Hare, Surrealist Classical Sculpture, Modernist, New York
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
David Hare Untitled, circa 1970s Mixed media 6 1/4 x 2 inches The artist Mercedes Matter, New York (gift from the above) Bill O'Reilly, New York (gift from the above) “Freedom is ...
Clay, Mixed Media, Oil
$4,301
H 15.36 in W 17.72 in D 1.19 in
Surrealist Collage by Max Bucaille, Mixed Media, Framed, 1938-39
By Max Bucaille
Located in CANNES, FR
Max Bucaille ( 1906 -1996 ) . French artist . Surrealist collage realized in 1938-1939 . 10 x 16 cm image 16 x 23 cm feuille 39 x 45 cm vintage liege ...
Mixed Media
$1,300
H 24 in W 30 in D 0.75 in
"Heavyweight Executives", Surrealist Portrait, Acrylic, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Heavyweight Executives” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 30 inches in dark greens, deep silver greys, and flesh tones. The two executives have put on ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$4,000
H 40 in W 60 in
"The Lonely Crowd", Surrealist, Portrait, Mixed Media, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Lonely Crowd” is a multi-colored acrylic painting on canvas with collage 40 x 60 inches. Blues, yellows and greens predominate while reds provide color accents. The...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$800
H 20 in W 16 in D 1.5 in
"Time Passes #1", Surrealist, Portrait, Grey, Red, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Time Passes #1” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in greys and blacks with red and flesh. From the “Life is Short” series, the painting is a ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$950
H 14 in W 10.875 in D 1.75 in
"The Post-Truth Era VII", Surrealist Portrait, Brown, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Post-Truth Era VII” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 14 x 10 7/8 inches in whites, yellows, greys and green. The post-truth era has seen a resurgence o...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,500
H 38.5 in W 26 in D 1.5 in
"Forest Embrace", Sureal, Green, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage, Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Forest Embrace” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 38.5 x 26 inches in a rich variety of greens, silver greys and whites, with blue and yellow accents, is fr...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$700
H 4 in W 2 in D 1 in
"Untitled" David Hare, Surrealist Work, Chicken Bones, Anthropomorphic, White
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
David Hare Untitled, circa 1970s Mixed media 4 x 2 inches Provenance The artist Mercedes Matter, New York (gift from the above) Bill O'Reilly, New York (gift from the above) “Free...
Mixed Media, Oil
$600
H 18 in W 14 in D 0.625 in
"Studio Sketch of Valerie", Surrealist, Brown, Pink, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Studio Sketch of Valerie” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 18 x 14 inches in pinks, greys and browns. When Valerie visited my studio she at first stayed ve...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,000
H 31.5 in W 28.25 in
"Surprise in the Garden", Surrealist, Green, Blue, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Surprise in the Garden” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 31 ½ x 28 ¼ inches brightly colored in greens, blues, oranges, rose and russet, and cream. Little ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,400
H 24 in W 20 in
"Regression and Development", Surrealist Portrait, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Regression and Development” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage in tans and browns with red and yellow accents. Although the painting depicts a smiling young ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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H 27.5 in W 22.5 in
Le peintre et son chevalet (The Painter and His Easel)
By Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed “Marc Chagall” and inscribed “Pour Dr. Ch. Alfred en bon souvenir” (lower left); dated "1981" (lower right) Colored wax crayons, grey wash, ...
Paper, Crayon, Ink
Marc Chagall Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Soquel, CA
Lithograph on velum paper of Cain and Abel by Marc Chagall, 1887-1985. Printed in 1960 by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for the 1960 special ed...
Paper, Lithograph