CHAGALL. THE BREAKTHROUGH YEARS, 1911-19
Dates: June 1–September 2, 2018
Curator: Lucía Agirre, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Exhibition organized by the Kunstmuseum Basel in collaboration with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Sponsored by: Fundación BBVA
• During his first stay in Paris, Chagall experimented with colors, abstract and geometric forms, movement, and his own fantasies.
• Transcending labels such as Cubist, Expressionist, or Surrealist, Chagall’s work is an amalgam of styles used in a personal way to tell his own story.
• He combined reminiscences of Russian folk art and his family culture with the latest stylistic experiments that the Parisian avant-garde had to offer.
• “Art seems to me to be above all a state of soul.” Marc Chagall
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is pleased to present Chagall: The Breakthrough Years, 1911–1919, featuring more than 80 paintings and drawings from the early career of a unique artist, whose seemingly simple universe conceals a complex reality where opposing worlds intertwine. Esta exposición, organizada por Kunstmuseum Basel en colaboración con el Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, está patrocinada por la Fundación BBVA.
Photo:
Marc Chagall
Birthday (L’anniversaire), 1915
Oil on cardboard, 80.6 x 99.7 cm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange), 275.1949
© 2018. Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art, NewYork/Scala, Florence
© Marc Chagall, Vegap, Bilbao 2018
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
