Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Madonna of the Village
Image View:
Overall view without frame
Creator:
Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
Location:
repository: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Inv. no. 497 (1965.6)
Location Note:
Paseo del Prado, 8
GPS:
40.416111-3.695
Date:
1938-1942 (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:
102.5 cm (height) x 98 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; Angels; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; mother and child; village scene
Description:
During the years of the Jewish holocaust, Chagall painted numerous religious scenes taken from the Christian tradition. He produced a Crucifixion in 1938, and started on The Madonna of the Village soon afterwards. In 1940, while living temporarily in the Provencal town of Gordes, to which he had fled to escape the menacing Nazi advance through Holland and Belgium towards France, he continued working on this ambitious canvas and repainted some of the areas that were already sketched. The painting was not entirely completed until 1942, while the painter was staying in New York. (Source: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum [website]; https://www.museothy ssen.org/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CHAGALL-TBM-TMV- A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Madonna of the Village