The Pompidou Centre (only a 20 minute stroll from the Resort Saint-André des Arts) has a brand new exhibition on provide concerning the painter Chagall, with 127 of his drawings, ceramic items and sculptures from a interval between 1945 and 1970.
These works can lastly be seen because of a donation from the painter’s granddaughters that was made simply final 12 months…
The exhibition is split into three elements, every a special mission or facet of the painter’s work, and all are intently associated to his love of music:
— drawings of the costumes and curtain for Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird on the New York Ballet Theater (1945),
— drawings and fashions for the brand new ornament of the the Opéra Garnier in Paris (1962), and
— 5 ceramic items, seven sculptures and a few collages made between 1950 and the Nineteen Seventies.
These 127 items added to the collections of the Pompidou Centre means it now has one of many largest collections of Chagall’s work on the earth, particularly his pre-war creations.
Earlier than your go to, French-speakers can learn the key story of the ceiling of the Paris Opera by Chagall, by which we be taught simply how vital music was to the artist, and in addition that thirty-nine preparatory sketchs (pencil, ink, gouache, felt, collages…) had been essential earlier than arriving on the ultimate design.
The result’s a fresco made up of twenty-four vibrant narrative triangles, that includes portraits of well-known composers and scene from well-known ballets. 2024 will mark 60 years because the piece was put in.
The exhibition Chagall at Work (Chagall à l’œuvre – Dessins, céramiques et sculptures 1945-1970) is on the Pompidou Centre (right here) till twenty sixth February 2024
Open each day besides Tuesdays from 11am-9pm
Admission: 15€ / 12€ (on-line ticket gross sales right here)
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