Marc Chagall es uno de mis pintores favoritos de todos los tiempos. Estoy seguro que lo entendereis y tambien que posiblemente, si ya no lo es, será igual uno de los tuyos muy pronto…
Fue casi, diría yo, un proto-modernista. En Paris se nutrió del Cubismo, del Fauvismo, del Simbolismo y hasta de los primeros Surrealistas, pero permaneció siempre un pintor judío. Aunque desarrollo su estilo en el arte moderno, siempre fue influenciado por sus raíces judías y por sus recuerdos de la Europa Occidental y el folclor judío.
El critico de arte «más famoso del mundo» (según algunos), Robert Hughes, dijo que Chagall era la quintaesencia de un artista judío…
Pablo Picasso, amante de colores fuertes y dramáticos dijo, por allá por la década de los años 50 que después que muriera Matisse el único artista que entiende de colores es Chagall.
Chagall nació durante la época del Imperio Ruso en 1887 en un pueblo llamado Vitebsk en lo que ahora es Bielorrusia. Murió en Francia a la edad de 97 años en 1985.
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This is one of my favourites of all times and after you watch, I am sure you will understand why and I am also quite certain that if he isn’t one of your favourite painters, he will become one soon…
He was an early Modernist. He learned in Paris all about Cubism, Fauvism, Symbolism and early Surrealism. But he remained a Jewish painter, although he worked his own way of developing a style of modern art, it was mostly influenced and supported by his idea of Eastern Europe and Jewish folk culture.
The most famous art critic «in the world» (as some might have said), Robert Hughes said Marc Chagall was «the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century.»
Pablo Picasso, who loved strong colours and experimentation, also said that after Matisse died the only painter who understands colour was Chagall…
Chagall was born in the Russian Empire in what is now Belarus in 1887 in the town of Vitebsk. He died in France in 1985 at the age of 97.
* «America Windows» Art Institute of Chicago
En la próxima entrada os traigo un vídeo corto con las obras de Chagall y música original.
Gracias…
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(In the next post I will feature a short (2 minutes) video of Chagall’s works with original music)
Cheers…
JaZzArt en València 
Thank you for this interesting piece Francis. This is very interesting and I too really enjoyed his work. It terms of color I certainly don’t feel like he created, at least in these three paintings, the type of colors and the use of those colors better than you do in your artwork. The use of blue in his «American Windows,» is striking and does remind me of the beautiful variety of shades you use in many of your paintings. Still haven’t seen a gold like you do in anyones work. Thanks for sharing and continuing to help to educate people like myself. Hugs Joni
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You’re very welcome Joni! 🙂🌷🙏 and thank you! All the best and many blessings to you both ⚘️💛🙏
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❤️🦋🤗🎈
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I loved learning more about him
Love the art.
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Stay tuned tomorrow for a little more of this great artist Pat. Cheers.
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