“Chagall. Love and Life” – Castello Ursino, Catania
Till 14 February 2016
Extraordinary event for the sprout up of art in the Sicily, important event for Italian and international cultural tourism organized in Catania.
The October revolution, the flight to Paris with his wife Bella and daughter Ida, the French ambient and the disturbance to feel a refugee.
A palette of extraordinary colors, sudden and aggressive red brushstrokes in grey, blue and black border. His works are political denunciations, lighted up by his immense imagination.
In 1941 the drama of Nazism forced his family to flight again, this time to New York, even more far away from home.
The expression of Chagall suffering are the religious ideals bodied in crucifixions. The 1944 was the year of the deep grief for this wife Bella death. Even though he was living in a state of memories and loss, will traduce his period of life always in a spiritual and poetic light.
The exhibition is curated by Ronit Sorek and produced by Arthemisia Group, in collaboration with Israel Museum and sponsored by Generali Italia and UNA Hotels.
The event is recommended by Sky Arte HD.
Over Vitebsk, 1914. Gouache, graphite and colored pencil on cardboard, cm. 51.5 x 64.3. Legacy Anna Salzmann, Paris, to the State of Israel
Marc Chagall. The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), 1916. Gouache and watercolor on paper, cm. 522 x 665. Gift of Arnold and Dorothy Neustadter, Palm Beach to American Friends of the Israel Museum
Marc Chagall. The painter to the moon, 1917. Gouache, cm. 32 x 30. Private Collection
The Lovers, 1954-55. India ink, wash, and watercolor, cm. 53 x 47 Gift of Jan Mitchell, New York. Through the America-Israel Cultural Foundation
David and Bathsheba, 1955. Drawing for the “Verve” edition of the Bible (nos. 33-34). India ink, wash, watercolor, and gouache on paper, cm. 350 x 261 . Gift of Ida Chagall, Paris
The Psalm of David, 1956 ca. Drawing for the “Verve” edition of the Bible. India ink, gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper, cm. 35,6 x 26,5. Gift of Ida Chagall, Paris
Still Life with Fruit and Flowers, 1956-1957. Gouache, watercolor and wax crayons on paper, cm. 70,5 x 54,5. Gift of Victor and Anne-Marie Loeb, Bern, Switzerland
Moses Receiving the Tablets of the Law, 1956. Drawing for the “Verve” edition of the Bible. India ink, gouache, and watercolor on paper, cm. 40 x 312. Gift of Ida Chagall, Paris
Moses, 1956. Design for the edition “Verve” of the Bible. Pencil, ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper, cm. 38,2 x 28,5. Gift of Ida Chagall, Paris
Sarah and Abimelech. Color lithograph, 1960, cm. 35,5 x 26,3. Bequest of Noah Chodos, New York, to American Friends of the Israel Museum
Chagall Lithograph, by Julien Cain with 12 color lithographs, 1960, cm. 32,5 x 51. Publishing House André Sauret, Monte Carlo. The Vera and Henry Mottek Collection, a gift to the State of Israel
Marc Chagall. Chagall Lithograph 1957-1962, by Fernand Mourlot with 11 color lithographs. André Sauret editore, Monte Carlo, 1963, cm. 32,7 x 50. The Vera and Henry Mottek Collection, a gift to the State of Israel Museum
Title Page for Dead Souls, 1963. Oil chalk and crayon on paper, cm. 38 x 28. Dedicated to Bernard and Becky Reis, signed and dated, 1963
“Chagall. Love and Life” and his great success of his first Italian edition at Chiostro del Bramante in Rome. In the link below the review of the event.
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