Rooster Man Above Vitebsk - Marc Chagall
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A surrealist oil painting by Marc Chagall depicting a hybrid rooster-man figure floating above a snow-covered village in Vitebsk.
Marc Chagall painted Rooster Man Above Vitebsk in 1925, a period when his memories of his birthplace in Belarus remained a primary subject. The composition features a hybrid figure, part human and part rooster, suspended in the air above a snow-covered village. The figure holds a small lamp, a recurring motif in Chagall's work that suggests a search for light or guidance within the darkness of memory.
The village below is rendered with simplified, blocky forms that evoke the architecture of Vitebsk. The heavy application of paint and the muted, cool-toned palette of greys, whites, and deep browns create a sombre atmosphere. The contrast between the grounded, static village and the floating, fantastical figure creates a sense of displacement. This work reflects the artist's interest in folklore and personal mythology, where the boundaries between reality and dream are fluid.
Chagall often used animal-human hybrids to represent different facets of the human condition or specific cultural archetypes. The rooster, in particular, appears frequently in his oeuvre, often associated with dawn, awakening, or rural life. By placing this figure above the familiar streets of his youth, Chagall bridges the gap between his current life in France and his past in the Russian Empire. The painting does not attempt to replicate the physical world, but rather to capture the emotional weight of nostalgia. The brushwork is expressive and direct, prioritising the communication of a subjective experience over precise anatomical or architectural accuracy. This piece remains a clear example of how Chagall utilised his unique visual vocabulary to explore themes of identity, displacement, and the persistence of memory.
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- Archival matte fine-art paper, FSC-certified
- Multiple sizes and framing options available
- Frames in black, natural wood, dark wood or white
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) to Large (60×90 cm)
- Frames: black, natural wood, dark wood or white
Rooster Man Above Vitebsk - Marc Chagall
Artist Biography
Marc Chagall
He was born Moishe Shagal in 1887, in the Pale of Settlement, the restricted zone where Jews were permitted to live in the Russian Empire. His father worked at a herring warehouse. The family was devout Hasidic. After studying in St Petersburg, he went to Paris in 1911 and immersed himself in the Fauvists and Cubists, absorbing their formal innovations without abandoning the narrative imagery of his childhood. The colour and the dreamlike floating figures were already there in Vitebsk. Paris gave him the structure.
He met Bella Rosenfeld, the daughter of a wealthy Vitebsk jeweller, and married her in 1915. She became his primary subject for the next three decades. The flying lovers that recur across his work, gravity-defying couples suspended above rooftops and villages, began with Bella. When she died of a streptococcal infection in New York in September 1944, penicillin existed but the entire supply was reserved for soldiers. He stopped painting for nine months. He continued to paint her memory for the remaining forty-one years of his life.
Picasso once said that when Matisse dies, Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is. The friendship ended at a dinner at Chagall's home in 1964. Picasso asked when he was going back to Russia. Chagall replied: after you, I hear you are greatly loved there but not your work. They never spoke again.
His late stained glass commissions are among the strongest work of his final decades: the Peace Window at the United Nations, the twelve windows representing the Tribes of Israel at the Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem, and windows at Metz Cathedral. In 1964, Andre Malraux commissioned him to paint the ceiling of the Paris Opera, a decision that provoked fury from critics who objected to a Russian-born Jewish artist working inside a French Baroque monument. He lived to ninety-seven.
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