Who knows if they come back"
Oscar Wilde
A blooming love greeting by Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
1887 Vitebsk – 1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence
“La Baie des Anges”
1961/62
Color lithograph on Arches-Velin
(with watermark)
This colour lithograph is probably the most beautiful example of Marc Chagall’s poetic pictorial language, which is characterized by summery lightness and dreamy fantasy. Above all, this work is a declaration of love to his second homeland, France, where the Russian-born artist spent most of his life. In 1949, Marc Chagall moved to Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat near Nice, making the Côte d’Azur a central source of inspiration for his work.
Greta Garbo
In the sheet, a red-haired mermaid with a large bouquet of flowers floats above a deep blue sky, removed from her actual element. Below her, the sea stretches out with an oversized fish and the eponymous “Baie des Anges” (Bay of Angels) together with Nice’s famous “Promenade des Anglais”.
Chagall designed the composition as an advertising poster for the French tourist office to promote Nice and the Côte d’Azur internationally. This appeared with the explanatory text “NICE Soleil / Fleurs”, published by the French
St. Valentine is the patron saint of lovers. Following this almost 2000-year-old story, we still give flowers to the people we love on February 14.
Perhaps the most poetic artist in history is Marc Chagall. No other painter knew how to convey flowers in his works in such a lyrical way as this Russian-French painter. In 1962, he created a world-famous poster for the Côte d’Azur region with a floral greeting to visitors to the French Riviera.
We wish you a loving Valentine’s Day with this floral greeting from Marc Chagall.
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LEONTINE VON LITTROW
Trieste 1856 - 1925 Abbazia
Comprehensive overview of the complete works of a “master of light” who has fallen into oblivion. The complete work is now available for purchase through our gallery.
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Vienna 1884 - 1951 Bramberg im Pinzgau
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