Marc Chagall Fiddler On The Roof Painting

Executed in a high contrast colors the painting is a representation of a fiddler in chagall s village vitebsk.

Marc chagall fiddler on the roof painting.

This painting done in paris depicts a fiddler against the background of a town resembling chagall s childhood shtetl vitebsk. The fiddler 1912 by marc chagall. If tevye the milkman had a ruble for every time someone connected fiddler on the roof to marc chagall he would be a very rich man. The quasi cubist painting illustrates a combination of russian and french art.

It is the color of love. Recent articles about the play s 50th anniversary link the. Oil on canvas 78 x 42 3 4 inches 198 x 108 6 cm. On the roof of paris is a perfect addition to marc chagall s famous 1913 painting paris through the window here too the eiffel tower representing freedom is the distinctive landmarks set amidst scores of mansard roofs of anonymous buildings.

Chagall was born in 1887 in liozna which was part of the russian empire. Marc chagall the green violinist 1923 24. Executed in a high contrast colors the painting is a representation of a fiddler in chagall s village vitebsk. Marc chagall 1911 12 the drunkard le saoul 1912 oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas 188 x 158 cm stedelijk museum amsterdam. Marc chagall considering all the turmoil that marc chagall witnessed and experienced throughout his lifetime it s remarkable to see the optimism playfulness and joy in his art. It recalls aspects of chagall s life in russia integrating both christian and jewish elements and practices. The quasi cubist painting illustrates a combination of russian and french art.

Marc chagall s the fiddler is an oil painting completed in 1913 while the artist was established in france. 85 115 cm. Private collection marc chagall 1912 the fiddler an inspiration for the musical fiddler on the roof in 1910 chagall relocated to paris to develop his artistic style.