

In Saint Petersburg, he meets Bella Rosenfeld who later will become his first wife and mother of his daughter.Įventually Chagall wants to discover more. Marc Chagall Painting – Window Vitebsk 1908 Chagall moves to Saint Petersburg in 1907 to study art. His father is against this absurd idea, but his mother relents and enables her son to follow his dream. However, Chagall has other ideas and only wants to paint. His parents expect from him to work in the small family business and help bring an additional income. It was here in the Russian school that Chagall discovered art and displayed talent. He studied first in a Jewish religious school and then later moved to a secular Russian school.

Marc Chagall was born in Vitebsk, Russiav (now Belarus) and grew up in a vibrant Jewish community. Chagall Painting – Scenes of Vitebsk – La Pluie Vitebsk Belarus – Chagall’s Religous Jewish Life His longing, love and connection to his family and childhood life is so apparent throughout his entire life. Chagall’s paintings are bright and colorful and often portray the Jewish village life in a dreamlike & whimsical style. Nearly every Marc Chagall painting capture his feelings of deep yearning for his family and the rich Jewish life of the village from his childhood. Marc Chagall’s vibrant ceiling playfully dancing around an 8-ton chandelier is one of my favorite bits of “decoration” is this wildly over-the-top French treasure.Home » Artists » Post-impressionists » Marc Chagall – Painting from Love, Pain & Longing Marc Chagall – Painting a Lost Past

If you are a fan of Gaston Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera this is the place for you the opera house, rumors of haunting, and a vault lake, inspired his story. Aside from the velvety red theatre, there is a grand foyer that resembles the hall of mirrors at Versailles and is often used by Hollywood when they can’t secure the real deal. The sweeping staircases were designed so that two finely dressed nineteenth century women could make their grandiose entrances in their grandiose gowns at the same time. Unfortunately for Napoleon, his empire fell before he ever got to ride up in his carriage or had the chance to use his personally designed box seats.Ĭompleted in 1875, the Garnier was the place to see and to be seen. Built on the orders of Napoleon III and carried out by Baron Haussmann as part of the “great Parisian reconstruction”, the opera house is one of the greatest legacies of Napoleon’s reign. My other great love is the real opéra, le Palais Garnier (Garnier Opera House) in Paris.
