Painting Review: Above The City (Marc Chagall)

 

1918

Oil On Canvas

Marc Chagall (1887 –1985) Russian French Painter, Cubism, Expressionism.

National Gallery Tretyakov, Moscow

Description

The theme of this painting is the flight of two people in love who are flying above Witebesk the place where Marc Chagall was born. They are flying toward the infinite, a never-ending voyage without the force of gravity, who imprisoned humanity to live according to their own physical laws. This is a true escape, a love escape, but above all from everyday life.