“My hands were to soft. I had to find some special occupation, some kind of work that would not force me to turn away from the sky and the stars, that would allow me to discover the meaning of life.” Marc Chagall
Marc Zakharovich Chagall (July 7th, 1887 – March 28th, 1985), a name he did not use until 1910 (arrival in Paris), was a Russian-born French Artist, holding the title of one of the premiere Jewish Artists of the 20th century. His paintings are largely associated with Cubism, Fauvism and Symbolism, producing artwork using many types of media including paint, stained glass, tapestries and many others. Chagall painted in a style all of his own, basing his works upon emotional association rather than traditional pictorial fundamentals …show more content…
Attending Jewish day school, and later a public high school, Chagall had little exposure to art when he was a child. After studying drawing at school as a child, Chagall moved to St. Petersburg, studying painting at the “Imperial Society for the Protection of the Arts”. It was at this time where Chagall released one of his earliest works “A Dead man” (1908) – depicting a geometric, expressive representation of mourning. Chagall’s Jewish identity was important to him and therefore influenced much of his artwork, having them depict religious traditions with styles of modernist art.
In 1910, Chagall moved to Paris where he made some of his most beautiful, remarkable and famous paintings. After living in Paris for a year, he released one of his most well known pieces “I and the Village” - clearly representing the cubist and fauvist influences at play. This well-known artwork was an early sign of Chagall’s approach to art, taking a blend of the modern and the figurative, incorporating memories of his youth, and his unique outburst of visual elements, never aligning himself with any one single …show more content…
The artwork portrays the memories of artist, Mar Chagall, bringing to us his own interpretation of the Hasidic Community of Vitebsk, a peasant community that relied heavily on the land and animals for food. Chagall has thus incorporated both animal and human elements in the
Marc Zakharovich Chagall (July 7th, 1887 – March 28th, 1985), a name he did not use until 1910 (arrival in Paris), was a Russian-born French Artist, holding the title of one of the premiere Jewish Artists of the 20th century. His paintings are largely associated with Cubism, Fauvism and Symbolism, producing artwork using many types of media including paint, stained glass, tapestries and many others. Chagall painted in a style all of his own, basing his works upon emotional association rather than traditional pictorial fundamentals …show more content…
Attending Jewish day school, and later a public high school, Chagall had little exposure to art when he was a child. After studying drawing at school as a child, Chagall moved to St. Petersburg, studying painting at the “Imperial Society for the Protection of the Arts”. It was at this time where Chagall released one of his earliest works “A Dead man” (1908) – depicting a geometric, expressive representation of mourning. Chagall’s Jewish identity was important to him and therefore influenced much of his artwork, having them depict religious traditions with styles of modernist art.
In 1910, Chagall moved to Paris where he made some of his most beautiful, remarkable and famous paintings. After living in Paris for a year, he released one of his most well known pieces “I and the Village” - clearly representing the cubist and fauvist influences at play. This well-known artwork was an early sign of Chagall’s approach to art, taking a blend of the modern and the figurative, incorporating memories of his youth, and his unique outburst of visual elements, never aligning himself with any one single …show more content…
The artwork portrays the memories of artist, Mar Chagall, bringing to us his own interpretation of the Hasidic Community of Vitebsk, a peasant community that relied heavily on the land and animals for food. Chagall has thus incorporated both animal and human elements in the