Chagall and his sculptures - Exhibition in Nice

Linked to our sale of posters this week, which offers you a remarkable Chagall poster, the KIOBUY team wanted to point out to you a remarkable exhibition that ends this fall on a little-known aspect of the work of the artist: sculpture.

Throughout his life, the inventive genius of Marc Chagall led him to confront various artistic techniques: drawing, painting, engraving, ceramics, mosaic, stained glass, tapestry and sculpture ... The National Museum Marc Chagall of Nice, whose collection contains five exceptional cut stones, chose to reveal this aspect still unrecognized. It was in 1949, when he moved to Vence, on the Cote d'Azur, that Marc Chagall discovered the practice of sculpture. The artist initially initiates volume by modeling, creating ceramics in various workshops of the region.

Amazed by the wealth of lands and rocks in the region, reflecting all the colors of the Mediterranean light, Chagall tackles the work of stone cutting and for some pieces, uses a prestigious Swiss foundry in order to edit them in bronze, declining a work of painter on patinas and a glance of engraver on the reliefs and volumes of the work of metal. The exploration of new materials by sculpture and ceramics lasts more than thirty years and nourishes, enriches and renews his approach to painting. In total, Marc Chagall has created nearly one hundred pieces on the themes that are dear to him: celebration of love, animal representations and biblical scenes. The exhibition will reveal some 60 of them and will also include brass and engraved wood as well as new collages.

Do not miss this beautiful exhibition which gives to see a totally unknown aspect of this fascinating painter.

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