Video: In seventh heaven: 29 years of the artist Marc Chagall's declaration of love to his wife
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None of the famous artists conveyed so simply and accurately that airy, magical feeling of separation from the earth that appears during falling in love, as one of the most famous representatives of the artistic avant-garde of the twentieth century. Mark Shagal … The artist met Bella Rosenfeld in Vitebsk in 1909, after 6 years they got married and spent 29 years together, until Bella's tragic death. All this time, he did not get tired of confessing his love and dedicating his paintings to her. Bella's image is found in hundreds of Chagall's works.
Despite the fabulous, magical atmosphere, Chagall's canvases always contain specific details that realistically reproduce life, interiors or cityscapes. The lovers always seem to ascend above this life, above the city, but these details are not abstract or conventional - the interior elements of their home with Bella are guessed in the room, the dilapidated houses of provincial Vitebsk are recognizable in the city. When creating city landscapes, the author often used postcards with views of Vitebsk at the beginning of the 20th century.
The painting "Birthday" is overflowing with love and tenderness. Somehow, before the wedding, Bella came to Mark for his birthday with a bouquet of flowers, and this inspired the artist so much that he immediately sketched a future picture. Bella recalled that day: “Don't move, stay where you are! (I still hold the flowers) … You rush to the canvas trembling under your hand. You dip your brushes. Splashes red, blue, white, black. You whirled me in a whirlwind of colors. And suddenly you lift off the ground and pull me with you. We want to be free, through the window panes. There is a blue sky, the clouds are calling us."
Chagall loves to portray himself next to Bella, while the lovers either float together in an endless white space, or one of them carries the other with him. The state of delightful happiness is conveyed by the unusual composition of the painting "Double portrait with a glass of wine": the artist depicted himself sitting on his wife's shoulders with a glass in his hands. At the same time, Bella does not seem to touch the ground with her feet, and the two figures form a weightless vertical, directed upward. Despite all the hardships of wartime and all the hardships, lovers remain happy.
Marc Chagall is sometimes called a surrealist, an artist living in the world of dreams, for example, the poet Louis Aragon called: “Don't wake the artist! He sees dreams, and dreams are sacred! " Chagall, on the other hand, repeatedly stressed: “Don't call me a science fiction writer! Quite the opposite, I am a realist. I love World". His work is so original that it is hardly possible to rank him as belonging to any particular direction, group or school. At one time he was fond of cubism and surrealism, but as a result he created his own mythology, a unique style, which is often called pictorial balancing act.
He carried his love for Bella throughout his life, even after her death, continuing to paint her portraits: “Everything can be changed in life and in art, and everything will change when we get rid of shame by saying the word Love. There is real art in it: this is all my skill and all my religion."
Once a gypsy woman predicted Marc Chagall that he would die in flight - and this prophecy came true: great avant-garde painter of colored dreams, died in an elevator going up to his workshop.
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