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Few artists are as beloved and as acclaimed as Marc Chagall. His life and his art speak to us across time and across experiences. Born in 1887 in Vitebsk (present day Belarus), Chagall in his long life and career saw the upheavals of the first half of the 20th century. Some of these include the October Revolution of 1917 to World War II. It was only by the skin of his teeth that he escaped Nazi-occupied France with the help of Alfred Barr, director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and journalist Varian Fry. Chagall lived some of the most traumatic experiences, and yet, within his art, the joyous and sensual colors express a humble appreciation of life and all its possibilities.
Chagall’s work occupies the modernist style of the early 20th century, inhabiting styles and movements as disparate as Cubism, Symbolism, and Surrealism. What makes his work unique is his ability to filter these movements through his lens, combining traditional narrative and figuration with a radical sense of color. Moreover, his Jewish religion and identity, marked from within the community and by outsiders including the Russian Empire in which he lived, colored his art. This mixing and synthesizing is held together by emotions, particularly of love – love of his wife, love of his home, both natural and adopted, and love of painting.
March Chagall painted En Été toward the end of his life and in it there is an explosion of some of his most enduring symbols, themes, and hallmarks. Even in these twilight years, Chagall continued to push his art. Chagall scratched the surface of the painting, adding another layer of depth to the work.
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Comparable Paintings Sold at Auction
- Same size
- Similar date and medium
- Sold recently for over $400,000
- Same size, medium, and year
- Sold for $592,000 in 2014 and Chagall’s market has increased since then
- Same size and medium
- Similar composition
- Sold for over $542,000 at auction 12 years ago, and the market has improved since then