Dimensions: 34.5 x 26 cm (in light passe-partout)
In 1956, French art critic and publisher Tériade published a special edition of the legendary art magazine Verve devoted exclusively to one of the main themes in Marc Chagall's work - the Bible. For this special edition, Chagall composed 18 color and 12 black-and-white lithographs. In his "Bible I," Marc Chagall focused on characters from the Old Testament, such as the Founding Fathers, Kings, Prophets and Angels. Four years later, in 1960, another edition of "Illustrations to the Bible" was published with another 24 color lithographs by the artist.
Publisher: Atelier Mourlot for Verve Teriade
Literature
Mourlot, 241
Biography
Prominent representative of the École de Paris. He studied drawing with the Vitebsk painter Jud Pen. In 1907 he began his studies at the St. Petersburg Academy. From 1910 to 1914 he was on scholarship in Paris, where he came into contact with Cubism and became friends with G. Apollinaire and M. Jacob. In 1915 he married Bella, who muse to many of his paintings. In 1919 he was the artistic director of the State Jewish Theater in Moscow. Since 1947, he lived permanently in Paris. After naive-realist paintings in his early work, he succumbed to the influence of Cubism, Expressionism and Surrealism. His paintings are dominated by serene love themes, landscapes and religious scenes. His characteristic means of expression include deformation of shapes, distortion of proportions, predominance of vivid reds, blues and greens.
