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Marc Chagall
Mother and Child at the Eiffel Tower, 1954
Although he maintained a strong Belorussian identify, Chagall considered France his adopted country and lived there for most of his adult life. After studying in Russia, he moved to Paris where he first gained recognition upon exhibiting paintings in the Salon des Independents in 1912. Because Chagall's work often featured dream-like imagery, he was sometimes associated with the surrealists. He refused to join the group when offered membership, however, and instead developed his own highly personal style, which approached grand themes such as love, mythology, and religion in a fantastical way. In addition to paintings and prints, Chagall worked in a wide variety of mediums, including stained-glass commissions at the United Nations building and the ceiling decorations at the Paris Opera. Here he pairs the iconic Parisian image of the Eiffel Tower with the universal subject of mother and child. |