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Marc Chagall — Le violoniste bleu
Marc Chagall

Le violoniste bleu

1929

A dreamlike figure of a fiddler emerges in luminous shades of blue, rendered in Chagall's signature blend of folk tradition and poetic fantasy. The musician floats against a richly colored background, his violin singing with a spiritual intensity that evokes the Jewish village life and Eastern European heritage so central to the artist's vision. Applied in opaque gouache on paper, the work radiates a jewel-like vibrancy, with Chagall's gestural brushwork lending the composition both intimacy and otherworldly enchantment.

Medium
gouache on paper

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

November 25, 2018

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Marc Chagall, Le violoniste bleu, 1929

A dreamlike figure of a fiddler emerges in luminous shades of blue, rendered in Chagall's signature blend of folk tradition and poetic fantasy. The musician floats against a richly colored background, his violin singing with a spiritual intensity that evokes the Jewish village life and Eastern European heritage so central to the artist's vision. Applied in opaque gouache on paper, the work radiates a jewel-like vibrancy, with Chagall's gestural brushwork lending the composition both intimacy and otherworldly enchantment.

Medium
gouache on paper
Year
1929
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dreamlike Mood, Gouache On Paper, Male Artist, Expressionism, Early 20th Century, Jewish Cultural Theme, Music Subject, Figurative Art, Russian-French Artist, Modern Master, Blue Palette

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Art Institute of Chicago