This Marc Chagall exhibition poster is from the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen for a 1990 exhibition featuring his work "Les Pâques" Or "Easter" / "Passover" from 1968. It is a highly symbolic oil on canvas depicting themes of Jewish persecution and divine protection. The artwork shows old Jews observing the Passover feast beneath the cluster of Vitebsk houses while a powerful angel rises above to shield them from a menacing, blood-red star. Although titled "Easter," the painting draws heavily upon the Passover story of the Angel of Death and reflects Chagall's enduring meditation on exile, memory, and faith.
Dimensions: 33 in x 24.5 in (86 cm x 62 cm)
Condition: some rough edges, see photos.
Marc Chagall was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine art prints. He experienced modernism's "golden age" in Paris, where "he synthesized the art forms of Cubism, Symbolism, and Fauvism, and the influence of Fauvism gave rise to Surrealism".
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