Bouquet Su La Ville 1983 HS

Year1983

Hand SignedLower Right 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassGold Frame W/ Black Mats 

Purchased fromOther 2000 

Story / Additional InfoAn image encapsulating romance, and artistic expression, the enchanting Chagall Bouquet over the Town (Bouquet sur la ville), 1983 carries the viewer away into the fantastic mind of Marc Chagall. Limited traces of color draw the eye into the most sentimental moments of the piece: the flushing skin of embracing lovers, the fresh hues of the central blossoming bouquet, and the warm glow of a crescent moon shining softly on a man resting against his horse. Painterly lines flow from subject to subject and unify the composition, and while also imbuing the work with soulfulness. Floating effortlessly we see a self-portrait of the artist, palette in hand, with his easel drifting towards the left of the sky. He gazes upwards toward a female figure that flies above the scene, providing him with inspiration as he admires her beauty. 

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Marc Chagall - Russian Federation

Art Brokerage: Park West: Marc Chagall French-Russian Artist: Marc Chagall was a French-Russian artist whose work anticipated the dream-like imagery of Surrealism. Over the course of his career Chagall developed the poetic, amorphous, and deeply personal visual language evident in the painting I and the Village (1911). “When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it—a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand as a final test,” he said. “If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.” Born Moishe Shagal on July 7, 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia (present-day Belarus) to a Hasidic Jewish family, the artist was raised immersed in Jewish culture and iconography. Studying under the artist Yehuda Pen as a youth, the Judaic traditions and folklore of his hometown permeated Chagall’s paintings. After studying in St. Petersburg, the artist moved to Paris in 1910, where he quickly befriended members of the French avant-garde, including Robert Delaunay and Fernand Léger. Visiting Russia in 1914, the artist was prevented from returning to Paris due to the outbreak of World War I until 1926. In addition to his paintings, Chagall was also noted for his vibrant works in stained glass and lithography. Forced to flee Paris during World War II, Chagall lived in the United States and traveled through to Israel before returning to France in 1948. The artist died in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France on March 28, 1985. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and the Albertina in Vienna, among others. Listings wanted.