Scène de Cirque
Painting by Marc Chagall
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Scène De Cirque is an oil on canvas painting by Belarusian-French artist Marc Chagall, from c. 1970. It is held in a private collection.
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| Scène de Cirque | |
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| Circus Scene (English) | |
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| Artist | Marc Chagall |
| Year | 1970 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 72.7 cm × 91.7 cm (28.6 in × 36.1 in) |
| Owner | Private collection |
Description
The canvas features acrobats, trapeze artists and clowns. The subject of circus was dear to the artist.[1] Chagall often returned to the circus as a subject matter in his artworks.[2] He considered clowns, acrobats and actors as tragically human beings who are like characters in certain religious paintings.[3] Among other Post-Impressionist and Modern painters who featured the circus in their works are Georges Seurat, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pablo Picasso, Georges Rouault, Kees van Dongen, and Fernand Léger.[3]
Provenance
Exhibitions
- Reykjavik, National Gallery of Iceland, The Reykjavik Arts Festival, 1998