Marc Chagall Fiddler On The Roof Painting

Oil on canvas 188 x 158 cm stedelijk museum amsterdam.

Marc chagall fiddler on the roof painting. Executed in a high contrast colors the painting is a representation of a fiddler in chagall s village vitebsk. Marc chagall considering all the turmoil that marc chagall witnessed and experienced throughout his lifetime it s remarkable to see the optimism playfulness and joy in his art. The fiddler on the roof title specifically references a wall painting which chagall created for the moscow state yiddish theater in 1920 however we can see that subject matter existed in chagall s imagery before this point as evidenced by the 1912 fiddler painting the first image included above. The quasi cubist painting illustrates a combination of russian and french art.

Executed in a high contrast colors the painting is a representation of a fiddler in chagall s village vitebsk. Recent articles about the play s 50th anniversary link. Chagall was born in 1887 in liozna which was part of the russian empire. Art historian and curator james sweeney notes that when chagall first arrived in paris cubism was the dominant art form and french art was still dominated by the materialistic outlook of the.

Marc chagall s the fiddler is an oil painting completed in 1913 while the artist was established in france. It is the color of love. Marc chagall 1912 the fiddler an inspiration for the musical fiddler on the roof in 1910 chagall relocated to paris to develop his artistic style. If tevye the milkman had a ruble for every time someone connected fiddler on the roof to marc chagall he would be a very rich man.

This painting done in paris depicts a fiddler against the background of a town resembling chagall s childhood shtetl vitebsk. The quasi cubist painting illustrates a combination of russian and french art. The fiddler was created in 1913 by marc chagall in cubism style. It recalls aspects of chagall s life in russia integrating both christian and jewish elements and practices.