Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Self-portrait in Front of House
Alternate Title:
Autoportrait devant la maison
Image View:
Detail, head and shoulders; window in background typical of Russian cottages
Creator:
Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
Location:
exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
Location Note:
1380, rue Sherbrooke Ouest; Chagall: Colour and Music (Exhibition, January 28 to June 11, 2017)
GPS:
45.4987-73.5801
Date:
1914 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Belorussian
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on cardboard, mounted on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Subjects:
abstraction; self-portrait; Artists' studios; Housing; folkloric; dreamlike; house; Russian village; cottage
Description:
Part of the exhibition Chagall: Colour and Music (Exhibition, January 28 to June 11, 2017); from a private collection. Later in 1914 Chagall travelled from Berlin to Vitebsk intending a three-month absence from Paris; however, the outbreak of war in August prevented his return and he remained in Russia and Belarus for eight years. The house depicted is a typical Russian village frame house. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CHAGALL-SPFH-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Self-portrait in Front of House