Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Paradise
Alternate Title:
Le Paradis
Image View:
Detail, Eve emerges from a white cloud symbolizing God after her creation
Creator:
Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
Location:
repository: Musée National Marc Chagall (Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Location Note:
Avenue Dr Ménard
GPS:
43.709167 7.269536
Date:
1961 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
198 cm (height) x 288 cm (width)
Subjects:
contemporary (1960 to present); cycles or series; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Bible; Genesis; Adam and Eve; Eden
Description:
The museum was created during the lifetime of the artist, with the support of the Minister of Culture André Malraux, and inaugurated in 1973. It houses the series of seventeen paintings illustrating the biblical message, painted by Chagall and offered to the French State in 1966. This series illustrates the books of Genesis, Exodus and the Song of Songs. This composition of Paradise (Eden) presents two halves; the creation of Eve and temptation. (Source: Chagall Museum [website]; http://en.musees-nat ionaux-alpesmaritime s.fr/chagall/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CHAGALL-LP-A05
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Paradise