Sunday, February 14, 2021

Marc Chagall: "The Dreamer Who Never Woke Up"

Marc Chagall : Dreams and Memories

"The Dreamer who never woke up," --Marc Chagall describing himself

"Chagall, and only Chagall, provided painting with the triumphant advent of Metaphor."--fellow painter Andre Breton

"I don't know where he gets those images. He must have an angel in his head."--Pablo Picasso

"Some art historians have sought to decrypt his symbols, but there is no consensus on what they mean. We cannot interpret them because they are simply part of his world, like figures from a dream."--Jean-Michel Foray, museum director

"Cow over Vitebsk"

"Easter"

"Flayed Ox"

"Golgotha"

"I and the Village"

"La Mariee"

"Champ de Mars"

"Mid Summer Nights Dream"

"On Two Banks"

"Over Vitebsk"

"Paris through the window"

"Peasant Life"

"Phaeton"

"Red Roofs"

"Self Portrait with seven fingers"

"Solitude"

"The Birthday"

"The Bridal Pair with the Eiffel Tower"

"The Cattle Dealer"

'The Falling Angel"

"The Fiddler"

"The Green violinist"

"The Juggler"

"The Poet"

"The Promenade"

"The Three Candles"

"To Russia Asses and Others"

"View of Paris"