Marc Chagall s Over Vitebsk - 1215 Words

Jasmine Walthall Erik Day Art Appreciation 22 April 2015 Marc Chagall’s Over Vitebsk Most artist art work reflects the artist’s inner self, their feelings and thoughts about the world around them. Art is a way for artists to let whatever is in, out. It is also a way for them to show his or her inner thoughts and feelings about something to the rest of the world. Whether it be Upton Sinclair showing the world the nastiness of the meat packing industry and the struggles of the low class immigrants of America through his book The Jungle or how Taylor Swift express all of her heartbreak in every song she has recorded, art serves the purpose of conveying the artist’s thoughts and emotions. Marc Chagall’s painting is no different than any other artist. He is expressing his feelings through a work of art. Over Vitebsk gives us a look into his thoughts and inner most feelings. He expresses his thought and feeling about being Jewish and how Jewish people were treated in his society at this time period. His painting and better and holds more meaning then Taylor Swift but she was one of the first people to come to mind. His painting, Over Vitebsk, allows us, the viewers, to interpret and try to understand these thoughts and feelings, to attempt to see what he intended us to see, and allows us a glimpse into his inner self. Over Vitebsk concentrates on the subject matter of the Jewish community and how they were viewed in society. By painting the image of a floating Jewish man inShow MoreRelatedCase Study, Marc Chagall1973 Words   |  8 Pagesartist you have studied this year. Refer to work done by this artist to substantiate your statements. Marc Chagall was a Russian/French artist who was born into a poor family of Hassidic Jews on the 7th July 1887. Throughout his working life he was based in Russia from 1906-1910, then he moved to France for four more years before moving back to Russia and Soviet Belarus for eight years. Chagall was strongly influenced, but not limited to, movements such as Cubism, Fauvism and Surrealism. These movementsRead More Marc Chagall Essay1399 Words   |  6 PagesMarc Chagall Marc Chagall as an artist and as a person cannot be categorized. He was born in Vitebsk, Russia, learned to paint in St. Petersburg and lived in Paris, Berlin, and the United States. His career is influenced by many different factors. His Hasidic Jewish upbringing reflected in the content of his paintings greatly. The lyrical fairy tales of Jewish mysticism, the stories of the Bible, and the Rabbis and scholars who surrounded him in his childhood come out onto his work. When he went