Stained glass models designed by him for international building façades
The Pompidou Museum opens a virtual exhibition of Chagall's works
The exhibition includes a collection of Chagall's paintings, sculptures, and drawings.
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The Pompidou Museum in Metz (northeastern France) today offers, on its website and various social networks, a virtual tour of its exhibition “Marc Chagall, Le Passur de Lumiere”, which was supposed to open on the same date had it not been for the Corona crisis.
The exhibition includes stained glass models designed by Chagall between 1956 and 1984 for building façades in the Gran East (Metz, Reims, Sarbourg) and southern France (Nice, Futzak) as well as in Germany, Switzerland, England, Israel and the United States.
These models are displayed alongside a collection of paintings, sculptures, ceramics and drawings from the collections of the Center Pompidou, Marc Chagall National Museum, world museums and private collections for this exceptional exhibition organized as part of the eighth centenary of the Cathedral of Saint-Etienne de Metz.
The stained-glass windows of the Sayan Church in Correz form part of the exhibition, shedding light on the story of each of these works carried out during the reconstruction and artistic regeneration phase after the Second World War.
These works provided Chagall (1887-1985), an avant-garde artist with Jewish roots, an opportunity to express his vision of the Bible, which he considered "the greatest source of poetry of all time."
The colorful Chagall windows, including those that illuminate Metz Cathedral, were designed in the final stage of the artist's prolific career marked by the exploration of multiple techniques.
The works on display allow the visitor to discover how long Chagall's artistic language was influenced by the various visual cultures that formed his imagination. From his hometown of Vitebsk (Belarus), he was influenced by the Yiddish language and the stories of the Bible and Orthodox hymns that played between icons.
Visitors to the exhibition can also discover Chagall's Parisian works, ranging from the fragmentation of cubic shapes to the radiant glow of the brutal colors.
This virtual guided tour will be accompanied by the curator's comment on the exhibition, Ilya Bezonsky, along with Chagall's granddaughter and many specialists. The exhibition will be available on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and on the website of the Pompidou Center - Metz.
The exhibition is set to run until March 15, and the Pompidou Museum will open its doors to the public when the government lifts the restrictive measures imposed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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