MARC CHAGALL STAINED GLASS WINDOWS LITHOGRAPH VINTAGE MODERN ABSTRACT 1964

Description: MARC CHAGALL (Russian Jewish 1887-1985) MEDIUM: LITHOGRAPH EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION. DIMENSIONS INCLUDING THE FRAME: 25”W x 21”H Marc Chagall was a Russian-French artist and one of the most important and influential artists of the 20th century. Although born and grew up in a small Belarus village, Chagall spent most of his adult years in France. No matter which medium Marc Chagall used, his art was mostly vibrant and colorful and full of religious and humanistic symbolism. Chagall’s artistic career was long and prolific. In fact, he created thousands of artworks using a broad range of media, including painting, drawing, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine art prints. Marc Chagall received his first commission for stained glass windows in 1959. The request came from Dr. Miriam Freund (the President of the Hadassah hospital) and Joseph Neufeld (the architect of the hospital). They commissioned Marc Chagall to design stained-glass windows for a synagogue not yet built on the grounds of the Hadassah hospital. Their only request was that Chagall create twelve windows, each one representing one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Other than that, he could do what he wanted! Chagall being Jewish, was more than happy to take on this commission for a hospital in the newly established State of Israel. He worked on these windows for over two years from his studio in Saint Paul De Vence. The Exhibition of the Windows in Paris & New York When Marc Chagall completed this project, the magnificent windows first went on an international art tour. They were first displayed in the Louvre in Paris and then afterwards in the New York Museum of Modern Art. These windows attracted huge crowds and were a incredibly successful worldwide. Finally, the beautiful Chagall stained glass windows reached their permanent home in the the Abbell synagogue located in the grounds of the Jerusalem Hadassah hospital in February 1962. This commission was extremely important to Chagall Marc Chagall said that while working on this commission, he felt the following: “I felt my mother and father looking over my shoulder; and behind them were Jews, millions of other vanished Jews – of yesterday and a thousand years ago.” Chagall’s Gift to the Jewish People – His People At the opening ceremony, Chagall said the following emotional words: “The windows are my modest gift to the Jewish people, who have always dreamt of biblical love, of friendship and peace among all people; to that people who lived here, thousands of years ago, among other Semitic people. My hope is that I hereby extend my hand to seekers of culture, to poets and to artists among the neighboring people.” The Chagall Peace Windows, United Nations, NYC (1964) In 1964, Marc Chagall received a commission to create a stained-glass window for the United Nations. The purpose of this window was to honor Dag Hammarskjöld, the UN’s second Secretary General who was killed together with 15 other people in a plane crash in Africa. When the window arrived at the United Nations, it was named “The Peace Window“. The window is predominantly blue in color and full of whimsical figures and symbolism. Chagall’s aim was to express the ideals of peace and brotherhood, for which the United Nations was founded. The Chagall Peace Window” is located in the western side of the UN public lobby.

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