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Magnet Marc Chagall - Mermaid and Fish

Magnet Marc Chagall - Mermaid and Fish

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
1956-1960 - Gouache and pastel on paper / H. 77 ; L. 57 cm

Preparatory work for the lithograph "Mermaid and Fish" in the Marc Chagall National Museum, Nice

Characteristics

Dimensions :
5,4 x 7,9 cm
Original work kept at :
Private Collection
Themes :
Sea, Landscape
Maintenance :
Store in a dry place
Artist :
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Art movements :
Modern & Contemporary Art, Cubism
EAN :
3336728534778
Material :
Metal alloys
Reference :
IS200738

The artist

Marc Chagall (1887-1985)

A painter, but also a sculptor and a poet, he was born in 1884 in Belarus into a modest family of Jewish origin. It was in his native city that he discovered painting, before leaving in 1907 to study at the Fine Arts School in St. Petersburg and start working in the studio of a Russian ballet decorator. Dreaming of discovering Paris, he settled there in 1911. As soon as he arrived, he met writers, poets and artists who lived in "La Ruche". This city of artists located in the 15th arrondissement of the capital has about a hundred workshops where artists of all nationalities live: Soutine, Archipenko, Zadkine, Léger, Delaunay...