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Inspired in part by the recent development of Cubism, I and the Village displays Chagall’s distinct vocabulary of abstraction, characterized by fantastic colors and folkloric imagery drawn from memories of the artist’s Belarus home, a peasant town on the outskirts of Vitebsk.
I and the Village is an 1911 oil-on-canvas painting by the Belarusian-French artist Marc Chagall created in 1911. It is exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The work is Cubist in construction and contains many soft, dreamlike images overlapping one another in a continuous space.
Learn about the dreamy painting that reflects Chagall's childhood memories and Jewish folklore. See how he ignored gravity and perspective to create a colorful and emotional work.
I and the Village, oil painting created in 1911 by Belorussian-born French artist Marc Chagall. Painted about a year after Chagall had moved to Paris, the work refers to his memories of his hometown of Vitebsk and has been described as a cubist narrative self-portrait.
Marc CHAGALL, I and the Village (Moi et le village), 1911, oil on canvas, 75 5/8 x 59 5/8 in. (192.1 x 151.4 cm), MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), New York.
May 23, 2024 · Marc Chagall’s I and the Village, painted in 1911, stands as a vivid, whimsical masterpiece that encapsulates the artist’s unique blend of Eastern European folklore and avant-garde modernism. This large, colorful canvas is a dreamlike portrayal of the interwoven relationship between man and nature, reflecting Chagall’s deep ...
Curator, Leah Dickerman: We're looking at Marc Chagall's I and the Village that the Russian artist made in Paris in 1911.
