Nice, Spring 2022 ~ Revel

Marc Chagall National Museum in Nice is my favorite. The museum is housed in a building that Chagall specifically designed to house this collection. Every room is planned for display and lighting of each specific painting, therefore each work is positioned precisely how the artist intended, with proper angles, and in conversation with the other works surrounding it.

Marc Chagall is a Russian-French artist whose dreamlike paintings reflect on his shared Jewish-Russian heritage. His works are full of wonder, mysticism and folk beauty. His subjects often float among the stars, delight in bright colors and glow in stained glass windows.

“When Matisse dies,” Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s, “Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is”.

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To learn more about this museum and to plan a visit: Homepage | Musée National Marc Chagall (musees-nationaux-alpesmaritimes.fr)

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