Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Madonna of the Village
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Madonna of the Village
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Image View:
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Detail, head and torso with surrounding figures
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Creator:
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Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Inv. no. 497 (1965.6)
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Location Note:
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Paseo del Prado, 8
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GPS:
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+40.416111-3.695
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Date:
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1938-1942 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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102.5 cm (height) x 98 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; Angels; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; mother and child; village scene
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Description:
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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.museothyssen.org/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-CHAGALL-TBM-TMV-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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