Marc Chagall [The Benjamins from the Jerusalem Window Art Collection] Original Lithograph Print [Framed]

Size: 30 x 21 cm Frame size: 50 x 41 cm

Representative painters of the Ecole de Paris 1887-1985

With diverse and gorgeous colors, he depicted love between men and women, the Bible, and the world of mythology as a fairy tale world. Landscapes and people blend together in the colors, and time and space are fused together to create a pictorial world of fantastical colors and atmosphere. His paintings convey his love for his wife and hometown, as well as a message of his desire for love and peace.

 

Born in 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus)

1907 : Studied at the Petersburg Academy of Art (St. Petersburg).

1909 : Studied at the Petersburg Academy of Art (St. Petersburg).

1910 : Moved to Paris, where he interacted with Fernand Léger, Modigliani, Delaunay, Apollinaire, and others.

1914 First solo exhibition in Berlin, showing the influence of Cubism

In 1915 , he married Vera, who was from the same hometown, and they lived in Russia after the October Revolution.

1917 : Return to Paris. Chagall establishes his unique mystical and supernatural style.

1922 : Created the copperplate engraving collection "My Life" in Berlin

1923 : At the request of the art dealer Vollard, he produced copperplate prints of Gogol's "Dead Souls" and Lafontaine's "Fables."

1931 Traveled to Palestine to create the "Bible" series

In 1941 , he fled to the United States to escape Nazi persecution.

1944 : His beloved wife Bella dies in America

1945 : Retrospectives held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Chicago Art Institute

1948 : Created the Arabian Nights print collection

1950 : Acquired French citizenship and moved to the south of France

In 1952 he married Valentine Brodsky.

1954 : Started production of the lithograph collection Daphnis and Crie

1956 : Produced lithographs with the theme of the circus. Released the copperplate print collection "Bible."

1958 : Produced the lithograph collection "Bible"

1963 : Created ceiling painting for the Paris Opera. Large retrospective exhibition held in Tokyo and Kyoto.

1966 : Donated 17 volumes of the epic Bible to the French Republic

1967 : A large retrospective commemorating the 80th anniversary of his birth is held in Zurich and Cologne.

The Louvre Museum holds the "Bible's Message" exhibition

1973 : The Marc Chagall Biblical Message Museum (now the Marc Chagall Museum) opens in Nice.

1976 : Solo exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

He died in 1985 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, southern France.

Museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, competed to acquire his works.

Work Description 

Chagall created murals and stained glass for churches as well as painting prints. In 1959, he created 12 stained glass windows to decorate the Jewish synagogue in Jerusalem, and to commemorate this, he published a collection of his works, Jerusalem Windows, in 1962, which included 14 original lithograph prints. This collection includes paintings of the stories of the 12 tribes of ancient Judaism, the same as the 12 stained glass windows in the churches, as well as two other original lithograph prints. This work is a framed version of an original lithograph print from the collection, Jerusalem Windows. The artist's signature is included on the last page of the collection as proof that it is the artist's original lithograph print.