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Marc Chagall, The Poetry of Emotions

Opera Gallery presents “Marc Chagall, the Poetry of Emotions,” an exhibition-event dedicated exclusively to the works of the Franco-Russian artist, a key figure in modern art. Over the years, Opera Gallery has built up one of the most important private collections in the world, consisting of works ranging from the 1930s until Chagall’s death in 1985. These works will be exhibited in Paris from March 18 to April 19, 2023.

Among the twenty emblematic works on display, each bearing witness to Chagall’s intimate and personal history, the public will find the artist’s favorite themes: his muse and first companion Bella Rosenfeld, pairs of lovers – Study for “The Lovers on the Bridge”; Couple in the Moonlight; The Lover with the Red Profile and the Blue Donkey -, musicians – The Fiddler -, animals – The Green Donkey -, hybrid creatures, but also his childhood memories in Vitebsk, flowers – Lovers with a Bouquet -, circus scenes – Multicolored Clown -, landscapes of exi

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Marc Chagall (1887-1958) - Intimacy, 1969, original lithograph

Marc Chagall : (1887-1985) born Moïche Zakharovitch Chagalov, is a painter who was born on July the 7th in Liozna, in Bielorussia (then included in the Russian Empire), and naturalised french in 1937. He died on March 28th, 1985 in Saint-Paul de Vence. Chagall is one of the most famous foreign artists who settle in France in the XXth century, along with Pablo Picasso or Joan Miro. Even if his work is not associated to any movement or school, it bears characteristics of Surrealism and neo-primitivism. He also drew his inspiration from jewish tradition, the daily life of the shtetl (jewish village in Eastern Europe) and russian folklore, from which he elaborated his own symbolic. Chagall work with different medium, such as oil on canvas, sculpture, poetry, glass painting, enamels etc. Additionally to the worldwide presence of his works in the biggest collections, one museum is dedicated to him in Nice, and another one in Vitebsk.

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Chagall: A Biography

May 31, 2018

I wanted a good dive into the life of this artist. My wish came true. I appreciate how the author placed Chagall in the context of his family, shtetl, beloved, passion for art, and the history through which his life intersected. Wullschlager's research truly was exhaustive and she did an excellent job of selecting what to include and exclude. We meet so many people whose lives overlapped, from teachers and students to financial supporters and friends, other artists who became famous or didn't (but Chagall doesn't know who will and who won't when he makes acquaintances of many). The influence of Hassidic Judaism and Russia on him as a person and an artist was deep and life-long. He never felt truly accepted in Russian society, nor in France (his desired home) until he was an old man. America didn't appeal to him and other places in the world he visited turned out to be wrong turns - certainly Germany became a nightmare and Israel seemed desolate and devoid of artistic appreciation. His personal life was both secondary and essential to his art, yet