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Lot Essay
This work is sold with a photo-certificate from David McNeil.
Possibly one of his first drawings after settling in Paris, Chagall shows how he is already well aware of the fauvist and post-impressionist trends inspired by Van Gogh and Gauguin. Playing with the dark brushstrokes to draw thick black outlines and livening up the work with bright touches of blue and green in the centre of the composition, Chagall presents an amusing daily life scene in a dining room.
Chagall proves his freedom from academism in this liberal and expressive drawing, following his first impressions of the Parisian artistic scene. Here, Chagall does not hesitate to interpret a banal subject matter in his own way through style and technique. The impact of Paris on Chagall is clearly expressed in My Life, 'I made my way to the very heart of the French painting of 1910. I attached myself to it. No academy could have given me all I discovered by getting my teeth into the exhibitions, the shop windows, and the museums of Paris' (p. 102).
Possibly one of his first drawings after settling in Paris, Chagall shows how he is already well aware of the fauvist and post-impressionist trends inspired by Van Gogh and Gauguin. Playing with the dark brushstrokes to draw thick black outlines and livening up the work with bright touches of blue and green in the centre of the composition, Chagall presents an amusing daily life scene in a dining room.
Chagall proves his freedom from academism in this liberal and expressive drawing, following his first impressions of the Parisian artistic scene. Here, Chagall does not hesitate to interpret a banal subject matter in his own way through style and technique. The impact of Paris on Chagall is clearly expressed in My Life, 'I made my way to the very heart of the French painting of 1910. I attached myself to it. No academy could have given me all I discovered by getting my teeth into the exhibitions, the shop windows, and the museums of Paris' (p. 102).