Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Tribe of Gad [Cartoon for Synagogue Stained Glass Window]
Image View:
Overall view of working painting, prior to created the stained glass window
Creator:
Marc Chagall (Belorussian artist, 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:
1959-1960 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Israeli
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
cartoon (working drawing)
Work Type 2:
watercolor (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
watercolor; gouache; pastel; ink on paper
Technique:
aquarelle (technique); drawing (image-making)
Subjects:
allegory; contemporary (1960 to present); cycles or series; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Bible; Judaism; folkloric; dreamlike; Twelve Tribes of Israel; preparatory study; stained glass windows
Description:
During his last 30 years Chagall mastered stained glass, for which he adapted ancient techniques of hand-painting on the glass before firing, and with which he depicted both religious and secular subjects. He provided windows for the synagogue of the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Centre, Jerusalem (1960-1962). The theme is the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The intensities of color that he achieved with the technical support of the stained-glass artist Charles Marq enriched his work in other media. This is the final painted design, preparatory to being created in stained glass; from a private collection. He later created a series of color lithographs of the windows. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CHAGALL-SGD-TTG- A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Tribe of Gad [Cartoon for Synagogue Stained Glass Window]