Wedding Candles (Marc Chagall, 1945)
I have three wedding paintings by Chagall in my files. This is the one latest in date. Lisa, if you ever need another Chagall wedding reproduction…
Note well how this piece is more “Jewish” than the other two. It shows, perhaps, that Chagall, as he grew older, had a greater appreciation of his particular roots and sources, although I would say that he always had such, it just became accentuated with age (is that true of all of us? One wonders…).
I would agree with the author of this article. I believe there were periods where he did some more Christian type of art, but probably only because of the Jewish struggle of that time. Notice the difference:
(Jewish) Chagall lithograph: “Moses from the Bible” http://www.masterworksfineart.com/inventory/1980
(Christian) Chagall lithograph: “Grey Crucifixion, 1970″ http://www.masterworksfineart.com/inventory/1758
And always with a childish flair. Gotta love Chagall.
–Andrew
P.S. I just love the colors and characters in the bottom left of your “Wedding Candles”. Beautiful piece and, if signed, very collectible.
Comment by aupusher — Saturday, 7 June 2008 @ 1330
A very beautiful reproduction is that. I have never seen it. In the WordPress listing (I think) I saw something about “Three candles”, so I came to see it.
I don’t know whether age makes people more appreciative of their origins, but Proust said so of his Jewish character Swann.
I am a Catholic of some sort. Well, there is certainly nothing in modern Christian art that could remotely compare to Chagall’s White Crucifixion, or to his Madonna of the Village or to his Exodus. I don’t think this could be called a very subjective appreciation. A Google search would certainly suggest the same.
Comment by cantueso — Wednesday, 1 July 2009 @ 1330