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“Chagall: Beyond Color” at The Dallas Museum of Art

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

One of Galerie Michael’s most anticipated exhibit’s of 2013, “Chagall: Beyond Color” opened last week at The Dallas Museum of Art. At over 140 pieces strong, the exhibit explores Chagall’s use of space, volume, and of course, color, across paintings, sketches, ceramics, costumes, and sculptures. The centerpiece of the exhibition is a display dedicated to costume’s Chagall designed for the 1942 production of the ballet Aleko. The exhibit is scheduled to go on a global tour after leaving its sole US showing in Dallas.

Chagall’s varied catalogue of work was most recognized for its exemplary use of color, even leading Picasso to say, “When Matisse dies, Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what color really is.”

In addition to featuring some his signature works, “Beyond Color” explores much of Chagall’s lesser-known pieces as well. His work with ceramics, sculpture, and collage, as well as his pieces influenced by the Mexican, Hopi, and Zuni cultures are all featured in the exhibit.

“Chagall: Beyond Color” will be on display in Dallas until May 26th. To learn more about this unique opportunity in art viewing, visit the Dallas Museum of Art website for more information.

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The Works of Marc Chagall

Friday, December 7th, 2012

Galerie Michael is pleased to offer works by Russian artist, Marc Chagall. Often cited as “the last survivor of the first generation of European modernists,” Chagall created distinctive masterpieces in practically every artistic medium. In addition to museum quality works, Chagall was also called upon to lend his expertise to grand public art installations. Chagall created stained glass windows for cathedrals in the French cities of Metz and Reims, he designed windows for the UN, and he painted a portion of the ceiling at the Palais Garnier, the primary home of The Paris Opera.

In his early years, Chagall moved between St. Petersburg, Paris, and Berlin. He was an influential figure in Paris during modern art’s golden age in the 1920s, where he drew upon influences from cubism, symbolism, and fauvism to create works that very much exemplified his own unique style. Pablo Picasso spoke of Chagall in the 1950s saying, “When Matisse dies, Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is.”

Many of Chagall’s pieces are on special for the holiday season at Galerie Michael, with our annual holiday sale running until December 27th. To inquire about owning a piece of Chagall’s work, contact Galerie Michael to speak with a collection specialist.

Chagall Lithographie, Vol. II: The Pair in a Tree, 1963, black and white lithograph, #700066

 

Chagall Lithographs, Vol. I: Cover (Untitled), 1960, Color Lithograph on wove paper, #911064

La Famille du Peintre, 1972, Color lithograph on watermarked Arches wove paper, #912279

 

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Bon à Tirers, Working Proofs and Definitive Works on Paper by Picasso, Chagall and Miró

Friday, November 16th, 2012

Bon à Tirers, Working Proofs and Definitive Works on Paper by Picasso, Chagall and Miró opens this Saturday (November 17, 2012) at Galerie Michael.  A bon à tirer (good to print) is a proof that has been approved for the printed edition.  It serves as the version that all following must match.  Our latest exhibit takes a look at the print work of Picasso, Miro, and Chagall and their process from the working proofs to the bon à tirer.

This exhibit allows a rare glimpse into the artistic and creative journey that results in the final work.  From the experiments and broad ideas found in working proofs to the technical perfections worked out in a printing proof, these ingredients contribute to the well crafted and developed version of the bon à tirer.   This exhibit explores the different mediums and tools during the various stages such as lithographic stones and linoleum blocks to reveal the nature of the artist’s process in tangible forms.

Stop in to Galerie Michael to see the exhibit in person or check out the full exhibition online.  Be sure to download the catalog for additional background details and a scholarly essay by Emmanuel Benador.

“Prints have been for me a major art form. It has been a tool of liberation, enlargement and discoveries, even if at the beginning, I was a prisoner of techniques and constraints to traditional tools and recipes … The despotism of the tool was conquered progressively… I even was able to liberate myself from the paper.”    -Miró  (in Miró: Graveur, vol. I Lelong editeur, 1984)

Lezaerd Aux Plumes D’or Planche XV, Joan MIRÓ, 1971, Color lithograph on Arches paper, Color lithograph folded in center . studio proof/ printer proof. Signed and annotated with pencils marks and flash marks throughout. Accompanied by a letter signed and dated to Fernard Mourlot giving his instructions. , Signed lower right, #912318

Le Banderillero, Pablo PICASSO, 1959, Color linocut on Arches , ‘Epreuve d’essai’ of the fourth and final state, before the edition of 50 published by Galerie Louise Leiris in 1960. Printed by Imprimerie Arnéra. Among at least two impressions in addition to the three such proofs recorded by Baer. Ink stamp verso, “Imprimerie Arnéra Archives / Non Signé”., #912091

L’Odyssée I – Polyphème (The Odyssey I – Polyphemus), Marc CHAGALL, 1974-75, Color lithograph with additions in white and light blue wash, An artist’s proof aside from the edition of 250 and 30 numbered proofs. Printed and published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris. From Chagall’s two-volume illustration of Homer’s epic, comprising 43 color plates (six center spread) and 39 in-text plates in gray. , Pencil signed lower right, #912046

 

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“Chagall for Children” Exhibit

Tuesday, September 4th, 2012

The Kohl Children’s Museum in Chicago offers kids and adults the opportunity to learn about and interact with a diverse selection of works of art.  With 16 permanent exhibitions and a Traveling Exhibit Gallery featuring three exhibits per year, the Kohl offers great opportunities to introduce children to the magic of art. 

Chagall for Children was a recent exhibit in the Kohl’s traveling gallery.  The exhibition included 14 Chagall reproductions, each paired with a multi-sensory feature to engage and illuminate the work.  These hands-on activities are accompanied by an audio description introducing the art work to children.

The exhibit approaches the complexity of the art work as well as creative concepts in a way that is accessible to kids.  A reproduction of Chagall’s 1911 painting, I and the Village, introduces the idea of perspective and point-of-view by allowing the viewer to rotate the painting  and view the multiple aspects of this abstract work.  Marc Chagall’s well-known stained glass masterpiece, America Windows, has also been transformed into an interactive activity.  By encouraging visitors to create their own version of America Windows using pieces of blue glass, kids can experience firsthand the power of light and shading in art work.

For more info on The Kohl Children’s Museum and their exhibits, check out their website.

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20th Century Masters: Marc Chagall

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

From our upcoming exhibition, 20th Century Masters: Recent Acquisitions
July 21 – August 15, 2012

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Bella, 1924
This etching was created for the portfolio l’art d’aujourd’hui (The Art of Today) by Christian Zervos. The image is reverse of Chagall’s cubist-inflected 1917 oil portrait of his wife, Bella in a White Collar. Chagall met Bella Rosenfeld, a writer in 1909 and was instantly smitten. They married in 1915 and had a daughter, Ida, a year later. Chagall’s ongoing experimentation and the importance of his personal life is reflected in this intimate, personal composition.

 

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20th Century Masters: Marc Chagall

Friday, July 13th, 2012

From our upcoming exhibition, 20th Century Masters: Recent Acquisitions
July 21 – August 15, 2012

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Le Cheval Rose (The Pink Horse), 1965
Chagall’s vibrant palette and energetic brushwork are central to this whimsical composition of a mother and child with a horse. The monotype process creates a single impression transferred by pressing a painted plate on paper. The plate is not carved or etched, but painted as a complete image, with brushwork and manipulation of the ink carried out directly on the plate. Chagall began experimenting with monotypes in 1961 and created over 300 by 1975. The medium allowed for chance and experiment to play a part in these beautiful ambitious works. The indirect application of the oil paint gives a painterly luminescence and translucence to the color.

 

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Marc Chagall’s Life in High Falls, NY

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

If you’re searching for greater insight into the personal life and creative process of Marc Chagall, you may want to plan a trip to a small town in the Catskill Mountains.  High Falls, New York has just under 300 households in its ranks but was home to the one of the art world’s most sought after painters, Marc Chagall.

A recent New York Times article, reports on the story of Marc Chagall life in High Falls. Chagall, a native of Belarus, arrived in the US in 1941 during the Holocaust and established his home in the rural town of High Falls from April 1946 to August of 1948.  It was a productive time for the artist as he completed over 90 paintings during that two year period.

What’s even more impressive is that this new chapter into Chagall’s life was not unearthed by investigative art scholars but by two neighbors with a penchant for local history.  Rik Rydant and Gary Ferdman took hold of the rumor of Chagall appearing in High Falls during the 1940s and pieced together the complete trajectory of his time in their town.  They even discovered personal stories of Chagall riding into town on his bicycle trying to trade his paintings for local services.  One resident is said to have turned down the modern art master instead opting for the cash value of $15.

Rydant and Ferdman enlisted the interest of a small group of other High Falls residents and created an exhibit entitled Chagall in High Falls.  The exhibit which ran in the fall of 2011 included eight reproductions of paintings completed in High Falls and a collection of 40 photographs and documents including pages from the file kept on Chagall by the F.B.I.

Marc Chagall and his wife, Virginia Haggard, left High Falls for France in 1948 and never returned to the United States. Chagall died in France in 1985.

Chagall Lithographie, Vol. I: Profile and Red Child , Marc CHAGALL, 1960, Color Lithograph, From “The Lithographs of Chagall, Volume I.”, #910995

Chagall Lithographie, Vol. I: Offering, Marc CHAGALL, 1960, Color Lithograph on wove paper, From ‘Chagall Lithographs.’ , #911066

Chagall Lithographs, Vol. I: Cover (Untitled), Marc CHAGALL, 1960, Color Lithograph on wove paper, Definitive state of the cover from ‘Chagall Lithographs.’ Unsigned, #911064

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