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| MARC CHAGALL | |
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Marc Chagall was born on July 7, 1887 in Vitsyebsk, Russia. He was trained and educated in art in St. Petersburg and spent a considerable time studying and working in Paris. After the Russian Revolution he was director of the Art Academy in Vitsyebsk and was the art director of the Moscow Jewish State Theater. Chagall painted several murals in the theater lobby and executed the settings for numerous theater productions. Thereafter he returned to Paris and during World War II, he fled to the United States. He ultimately settled permanently in France in 1948. |
| Chagall is distinguished for his surrealistic inventiveness. He is recognized as one of the most significant painters and graphic artists of the twentieth century. His personal and unique imagery is often suffused with exquisite poetic inspiration, and his distinctive use of color and form is derived partly from Russian expressionism, influenced decisively by French Cubism. His numerous works represent characteristically vivid recollections of Russian-Jewish village scenes, as in I and the Village, 1911 (Museum of Modern Art, New York), and incidents in his private life, as in the print series Mein Leben (German for "My Life,"), 1922, in addition to treatments of Jewish subjects, of which The Praying Jew, 1914 (Art Institute of Chicago) is exemplary. Chagall’s works also often combine recollection with folklore and fantasy. In the late 1920s to late 1930s, he created a series of etchings illustrating biblical themes from the Old Testament, as well as the 12 stained-glass windows in the Hadassah Hospital of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem. In 1973, the Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall was opened in Nice, France, to house hundreds of his biblical works. Chagall created many prints that illustrated literary classics. His canvas covers the ceiling of the Opéra in Paris, and two large murals hang in the lobby of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Chagall died March 28, 1985 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. Retrospectives of his works have been held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Musée du Louvre, Paris, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. His works are held in the permanent collections of virtually every museum of modern art including the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. |
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| Above (from top to bottom): L'Age d'or, 1968, lithograph Self Portrait with a Laughing Expression, 1924-1925, etching and drypoint Composition Champetre, Paris, 1965, lithograph |
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| Click here to view the works by Marc Chagall in the gallery's collection | |
| Click here to view our current exhibition Modern Bronze which runs through December 9 | |
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| LESLIE SACKS FINE ART Brentwood |
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| 11640 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049 (map) t: (310) 820-9448 www.lesliesacks.com |
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11640 San Vicente Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90049
www.lesliesacks.com