Chagall Postcard - Study for stained-glass window

IC012897
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
The Chapelle des Cordeliers of Sarrebourg: Peace of Tree of Life, study for stained-glass window, 1974
Watercolor, Indian ink, fabric glued on Japan paper. H.38.5; l.28.5 cm
Paris, Centre Pompidou. Musée national d'art moderne, on deposit at the musée Marc Chagall, Nice
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Characteristics

Maintenance
Store in a dry place, protected by a case or plastic bag
Theme
Religions
Artist
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Art movements
Modern & Contemporary Art, Cubism
Reference
IC012897
EAN
3336729185641
Matière de l'article
Paper coated
Model dimensions
10cm x 15cm
Package Dimensions
1cm x 1.5cm
Editor
© Photo Rmn-Grand Palais
Conservation museums
Nice - Musée national Marc Chagall, Paris - Musée national d'Art moderne - Centre Pompidou

The work and its 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...