Born in Russia on July 7, Died March 28, His work was considered Avant- Garde, Cubist, and Fauvism. Born in Russia on July 7, Died March 28, His work was considered Avant- Garde, Cubist, and Fauvism. Uses symbols in work. Example: tree, cow = life; fiddler = birth, wedding, death; religious symbolism, Jewish and Christian.
before 1907 (Vitebsk) “Old Woman with a Ball of Yarn" 1906 " Young Girl on a Sofa (Mariaska)" 1907
(Petersburgh) "A House in Liozno" "View from a Window. Vitebsk". 1908
(Paris) I AND THE VILLAGE (1911) PARIS THROUGH THE WINDOW (1913
(Russia) The Blue House (1917) “Over Vitebsk"
(France) Three Candles ( ) "Midsummer Nights Dream". 1939
(USA) "Design for the final scene of the ballet" Aleko "(Petersburg fantasy)." 1942 "The Wedding Candles". 1945
after 1945 (France) “Adam and Angeles" “War" “Bunch of flowers". 1982
"Introduction to the Jewish Theater“ 1920
Illustrating "Dead Souls" by Gogol "Sobakevich“ Arriving of Chichikov in the city NN "
Illustrating the Bible "Angel at the gates of Paradise."1956 "Moses received the Ten Commandments."1956
Paris Opera House ceiling ( ) Paris Opera House ceiling ( )
Stained glass windows in Saint-Stephen Cathedral, Metz, France Chagall worked in virtually every type of media--ceramics, stained glass, oil painting, pastels, and sculpture.
“Peace” created for the United Nations (1964)
“Windows of America". 1977
Symbols used often in Chagall’s works of art Symbols: Cow: Tree: Rooster: Fiddler: Herring: Horses: Pendulum Clock: Candlestick: Windows: Houses of Vitebsk: Scenes of the Circus: The Eiffel Tower: Something that stands for or represents something else, especially an object representing an abstraction Something that stands for or represents something else, especially an object representing an abstraction Milk, Meat, Leather, Horn, Power for land Life and Growth In Vitebsk the Fiddler played music at cross-points of life, (births, weddings, deaths, celebrations) In Vitebsk the Fiddler played music at cross-points of life, (births, weddings, deaths, celebrations) Chagall’s father worked in a fish factory Fertility Freedom, Riding, Power for farming tools, and carrying loads Time, modest life style Two candles symbolize the Menorah Chagall’s love of freedom Often in paintings from Paris, feelings for his homeland Harmony of Man and Animal, which induces Creativity in Man Freedom, Up in the Sky, Exploring the New