Marc Chagall
July 6, 1887 - March 28, 1985
The Walk
Marc Chagall
1917
"When Matisse dies," Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s, "Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is".
The Betrothal and Eiffel Tower
(Les fiances de la tour Eiffel)
1913
Oil on Canvas
Marc Chagall began his artistic life came when he first noticed a fellow student drawing. The young Chagall said, watching someone draw "was like a vision, a revelation in black and white". He said there was no art of any kind in his family's home and the concept was totally alien to him. When Chagall asked the schoolmate how he learned to draw, his friend replied, "Go and find a book in the library, idiot, choose any picture you like, and just copy it". He soon began copying images from books and found the experience so rewarding he then decided he wanted to become an artist.
Self Portrait with Seven Digits
1913
Oil on Canvas
Chagall was a pioneer of modernism who synthesized the art forms of Cubism, Symbolism, and Fauvism, and the influence of Fauvism gave rise to Surrealism.
Blue Lovers
1914
Oil on Cardboard
Chagall relocated to Paris from Russia to develop his artistic style in 1910.
The Painter To The Moon
1917
Gouache
Marc Chagall with his model, 1955
The Juggler
1943
Oil on Canvas
Marc Chagall walking with son
David on Mohonk Rd in High Falls, NY. photo by Charles Leirins.
Marc Chagall lived in High
Falls, NY with Virginia Haggard from 1946 through 1948.
The Four Seasons
Chicago
Time Magazine Cover
July,1965
Marc Chagall and Pablo Picasso 1955
Happiness
1980
"Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things I love." -
Marc Chagall
