Poster Marc Chagall - The Creation of Man

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Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)
The Creation of Man (detail), 1956-1958 - Oil on canvas. H. 299 ; l. 200 cm - Nice, musée national Marc Chagall

The painting is organized in two registers like the classical altarpieces, which is what it must have been in the original project for the chapel of the Calvary...
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Characteristics

Dimensions
50 x 70 cm
Artist
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Art movements
Modern & Contemporary Art, Cubism
Maintenance
Store in a dry place, protected by a case or plastic bag
Theme
Religions
Reference
IA200589
EAN
3336729138241
Matière de l'article
Paper
Package Dimensions
5cm x 7cm
Conservation museum
Nice - Musée national Marc Chagall

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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...