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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Couple sur le lit by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian Couple sur le lit (Couple on bed) Signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower right) Oil and India ink on canvas Marc Chagall's exquisite work, Couple sur le lit,...
Canvas, India Ink, Oil
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Paysanne Au Visage Vert, Original Modern Tempera Painting by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Modern Russian artist Marc Chagall often took a very literal approach to naming his art. The title of this unique tempera and gouache painting on masonite translates very simply ...
Masonite, Tempera, Gouache
The Visitor - Fauvist Figurative Abstract
By Carol Swain
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive narrative figurative abstract by Carol Swain (Australian, 20th Century), Signed "C. Swain" lower left. Presented in a metal frame. Image size, 22"H x 28"W. Carol Swain i...
Canvas, Oil
Bagatelle Young Girl With Dog
By Claude Fossoux
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Bagatelle, French Impressionist. Claude Fossoux was born 1946 in Paris of a Savoyard father and a Parisian mother. After school, Claude obtained a grant to study at the Ecole Nationa...
Oil, Cotton Canvas
$5,500
H 29.75 in W 35.75 in D 2 in
“Central Park in Winter, 1949” Manhattan New York City Snow Day Sleds Children
Located in Yardley, PA
With a studied hand, Sloan captures the human theater of a snow-covered Central Park filled with bundled-up New Yorkers, sledding, walking, chatting, and caring for children. The exp...
Tempera, Oil, Masonite
Winter Scene by the Water, 1912
Located in Stockholm, SE
This atmospheric winter painting depicts a solitary wooden building, likely a small workshop or riverside shed, situated beside a partially frozen waterway. Snow blankets the ground ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,150
H 17.5 in W 19.5 in D 1 in
Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924 after Whistler
Located in Soquel, CA
Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924 Nicely executed painting after James McNeil Whistler of his mother by an anonymous artist (American, 19th-20th C.) I...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$2,000
H 15 in W 17 in D 2 in
"Place Du Tertre " Impressionist Oil Painting with Figures in Parisian Village
Located in New York, NY
This painting is a tremendously vivid and alive street scene from Paris in the 20th Century, depicting The Place du Tertre. This square is in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Only a few streets away from Montmartre's Basilica of the Sacré Cœur and the Lapin Agile...
Canvas, Oil
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
H 29 in W 29 in D 1 in
Haitian Village Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A gorgeous tempura painting of figures carrying goods and taking a break in a Haitian village by Frantz (Freddie) Lamothe (Haitian, b.1961). Signed "F. L...
Masonite, Tempera
$2,467
H 18.71 in W 15.56 in D 2.37 in
1930s Female Nude French Oil Painting Warmth Contentment And Closeness Framed
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Gaëtan Dumas. French ( b.1879 - d.1950 ). Une Trace De Plaisir Ou De Regret. (A Trace Of Pleasure Or Regret). Oil On Canvas. Signed Upper Right. Image size 13.2 inches x 10 inches ( ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
H 19 in W 22 in D 1.5 in
"Snow at Washington Square Park" Impressionist Painting Style Johann Berthelsen
Located in New York, NY
A charming depiction of Snow in New York City by Washington Square Park on a cold snowy evening with city lights and buildings captured in the distanc...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,924
H 24 in W 18.25 in D 2 in
Romanian abstract figurative painting by Nafir Boaba, reds and teal, nude
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Nafir Boaba (Romanian, b.1929) Nude on reds and teal Oil on canvas Signed, indistinctly inscribed and dated ‘BOABA NAFIR 88’ (lower left) 24 x 18.1/4 in. (61 x 46.2 cm.) Provenance: ...
Canvas, Oil
$5,407
H 18.51 in W 15.75 in
"Painter at the Easel" French School Postimpressionist Oil on Canvas Signed
Located in Pistoia, IT
Joseph Louis François Lépine (1867-1943) "Painter at the easel." Oil painting on canvas applied to cardboard signed lower left. Early 20th century French postimpressionist school. Joseph Lépine...
Canvas, Oil
$8,000
H 25 in W 29 in D 1.5 in
"Cafe by the Beach in the Summer" Impressionist Oil Painting Canvas with Figures
By Jules René Hervé
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional impressionistic depiction of an afternoon at the Waterfront Cafe in Paris by Jules René Hervé. This piece takes place on a summer day with busy activities of figures l...
Oil, Canvas
Couple dans la nuit by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 I Russian Couple dans la nuit (Couple in the night) Signature stamp of the estate "Marc Chagall" (lower right) Tempera and India ink on Masonite Couple dans...
Masonite, India Ink, Tempera
Couple sur le lit by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian Couple sur le lit (Couple on bed) Signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower right) Oil and India ink on canvas Marc Chagall's exquisite work, Couple sur le lit, completed in 1952, epitomizes the motif of a lover's embrace—a theme recurrent and highly sought after throughout his illustrious career. Additionally, this work serves as a tribute to Chagall's native Russia, a motif that defines his oeuvre. Chagall’s works in warm, vibrant tones—specifically those rendered in reds and oranges—strongly evoke the passion of love the artist so fervently sought to portray and are among the most desirable of his works. The motif of lovers is a hallmark of Chagall’s masterpieces, often symbolizing his deep affection for his first wife, Bella Rosenfeld, and his grief upon her death in 1944. In this remarkable composition, a couple overlooks a Russian cityscape inspired by the artist's birthplace—his beloved village that was destroyed during World War II. Instead of succumbing to resentment over this and the many other tragedies he endured, Chagall employed bold, intense colors and dream-like settings to reflect the emotional turbulence of his life. After initially rejecting vibrant pink and red hues during his mourning for Bella and his displacement during the Second World War, Chagall eventually returned to these bright colors as a testament to the adversities he had overcome. This use of color solidified Chagall's reputation as a master colorist in his later works, with his red hues being among the most coveted in his palette. The beautiful female figure in this painting is bathed in warmth, and sits upright on the bed, implying her impending departure. Her companion, rendered in cool blue...
Canvas, India Ink, Oil
Mère Et Enfant Sur L'âne Marron By Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian Mère et enfant sur l'âne marron (Mother and child on brown donkey) Stamped with signature “Marc Chagall” (lower left) Oil on canvas This intriguing...
Canvas, Oil
Isaiah's oracle on the ruins of Babylon (Isaiah XIII)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning and evocative religious Heliogravure of Isaiah's oracle on the ruins of Babylon (Isaiah XIII), Plate 93, part of Marc Chagall's Etchings for the Bible (1930-939; Edition: T...
Paper, Ink
Les Fiancés sur Fond Rouge
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
54.5 x 65 cm (21 ½ x 25 ⅝ inches) Signed with Estate stamp lower left, Marc Chagall This work is accompanied by a certificate from Jean-Louis Prat, on behalf of the Comité Chaga...
Canvas, Oil
Metropolitan Opera, Carmen
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph on Arches vellum of Marc Chagall's Metropolitan Opera, Carmen. Lithograph is signed in black and numbered in white pencil, matted and f...
Lithograph
Yellow Goat over a Bouquet of Flowers
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985 [Shagal, Mark, Zakharovich, Moses] Vitebsk, Belarus 1887-1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence (French) Title: Yellow Goat over a Bouquet o...
Ink, Oil Pastel