Marc Chagall: Love and Luminosity NEWS


Marc Chagall: Love and Luminosity

Alon Zakaim Fine Art is proud to present Marc Chagall: Love and Luminosity – an exhibition of one of the finest collections of privately owned Chagall works in the United Kingdom. With works spanning from 1938 to 1984, this retrospective showcases the deep connection between Chagall’s deployment of luminous colour and his most recognisable motifs. This landmark show also investigates the effects that love had on his artworks, be it the love for his first wife Bella Rosenfeld, his second wife Valentina (Vava) Brodsky, or the deep affection that he carried for his home city of Vitebsk and his adoptive home in Paris.



Alon Zakaim Compelling artwork is glad to introduce Marc Chagall: Love and Radiance - a show of one of the best assortments of exclusive Chagall works in the UK. With works traversing from 1938 to 1984, this review features the profound association between Chagall's organization of luminous colours and his most unmistakable themes. This show additionally explores the impacts that love had on his craftsmanships, be it the adoration for his wife Bella Rosenfeld, his second wife Valentina (Vava) Brodsky, or the fondness he conveyed for his home city of Vitebsk and his supportive home in Paris.

Since early on, Chagall's expansive and aggressive brain was working, longing for his future potential profession ways as a violin player, cantor, artist, and writer. These imagined occupations would later emerge in his specialty and themes, which correspondingly tracked down impact in his young life in Vitebsk. Notwithstanding these early stages, his affection for his lover, Bella, likewise filled in as an impetus for his visual language. Bella showed up in his original 1917 work Bella with Middle class, and after her demise in 1944, Chagall put significance on saving her memory through his compositions. She shows up as a repetitive theme in large numbers of his works, especially through the 'sweethearts' theme, exemplified in Chagall's c.1984 work Amoureux l'arc en ciel.

Chagall spent significant time in wild shows of variety, making a staggering collection of work that constrained Picasso to remark "when Matisse kicks the bucket, Chagall will be the main painter left who comprehends what tone is." To the craftsman, variety could convey development, rhythms, and feelings - an accentuation that imparts dynamism into his bouquet works. Variety additionally filled in as the ideal premise through which to communicate the affection Chagall felt all through his life, for the two his first and second spouses, his youngsters, and for his specialty.

Chagall's second spouse Vava likewise ended up being a main impetus in his craft, showing up as a dream in numerous pictures, including the craftsman's 1966 work, Esquisse pour 'Representation de Vava'. Here, Vava encapsulated Chagall's life in France and she likewise assumed a focal part in the 'sweethearts' theme in different works.

The significance of affection and iridescence inside Chagall's oeuvre is one that is best made sense of by the craftsman himself:

"Throughout our lives, as in the craftsman's range, there is just a single variety that can give the importance of life and workmanship - the shade of adoration."

Marc Chagall: Love and Glow will run at Alon Zakaim Compelling artwork, 27 Stopper Road, London W1S 3NG, from Mon 9 October 2023 - Fri 16 February 2024. Passage is free and display opening times are 09.00 - 18.00, Mon - Fri.

Kindly contact the gallery for additional information.

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