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About Marc Chagall
Like all great artists, Marc Chagall was constantly renewing his artistic inspiration. Yet his art is instantly recognizable, owing to the familiar motifs he utilized: red roosters, flying couples, horses, and violin players. In Dos à dos (Back to Back), two male figures share a small chair. One holds a musical instrument, the other a book. They float above the wide avenue of a city, framed by a man holding a bouquet of flowers and a violin player on the opposite side. The avenue becomes a river in the upper part of the canvas, which forms a central oval. At the very top we barely see a winged figure in white flying by a half moon, and the familiar rooster.
Most remarkable is Chagall's expressive use of rich color. Brushstrokes are rather uniform, recalling the neo-impressionist manner in some areas of the canvas. "This is an act of bravado on the part of the old master, whose mind and hand preserve the freshness of the youths who accompany him so poignantly on their pipes." (Susan Compton, in Chagall, exh. cat., London and Philadelphia, 1985). |
Paintings by Marc Chagall
| Dos a Dos |
| oil on canvas: 51 1/2 x 35 inches |
| signed & dated 1984: lower right |
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