Musée Marc Chagall

Biographical art museum in France

Marc Chagall National Museum

Location within Nice

Established| 1973
Location| Avenue Docteur Ménard
06000 Nice, France
Coordinates| 43°42′33″N 7°16′10″E﻿ / ﻿43.709167°N 7.269536°E﻿ / 43.709167; 7.269536
Type| Art museum
Website| www.musee-chagall.fr/

The Marc Chagall National Museum (Chagall Biblical Message) is a French national museum dedicated to the work of painter Marc Chagall – particularly his works inspired by religion – located in Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes.

## History

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The museum was created during the lifetime of the artist, with the support of the Minister of Culture André Malraux, and inaugurated in 1973.[1] It is also known as the "National Museum Marc Chagall Biblical Message" ("Musée national message biblique Marc Chagall") as it houses the series of seventeen paintings illustrating the biblical message, painted by Chagall and offered to the French State in 1966. This series illustrates the books of Genesis, Exodus and the Song of Songs.

Chagall himself provided detailed instructions about the creation of the garden by Henri Fish, and decided the place of each of his works in the museum. The chronological order of the works was not followed.[2] Chagall created the mosaic which overlooks the pond and the blue stained glasses that decorate the concert hall; he also wanted an annual exhibition to be held on a topic related to the spiritual and religious history of the world.[3]

As the collection has grown, what was a museum illustrating the theme Biblical message has become a monographic museum dedicated to Chagall's works of religious and spiritual inspiration. In 1972, the artist gave the museum all the preparatory sketches of the Message Biblique as well as stained glass and sculptures, and in 1986, the museum acquired, in lieu of inheritance taxes, the complete drawings and gouaches painted to depict the Exodus and ten other paintings, which includes the triptych named Résistance, Résurrection, Libération. Other acquisitions complemented the museum's collections, which now has one of the largest collection of works by Marc Chagall.[2]

## Temporary exhibitions

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* Denis Castellas, June-October 2014.[4]
* Makiko Furuichi, January-April 2023.

## See also

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* List of artworks by Marc Chagall
* List of single-artist museums
* Marc Chagall Museum

## References

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1. ^ "Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, visite à Nice" (in French). Côte d'Azur. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
2. ^ a b Guide Musée Chagall Nice (in French). Dailymotion. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
3. ^ "Musée Marc Chagall — Les anecdotes" (in French). evene.fr. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
4. ^ "DENIS CASTELLAS". Archived from the original on 2022-10-11.

## External links

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* Official Musée Marc Chagall website—(in French)

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Marc Chagall

Paintings|

* List of works
* I and the Village (1911)
* Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers (1913)
* The Poet Reclining (1915)
* Bella with White Collar (1917)
* Green Violinist (1923–24)
* White Crucifixion (1938)
* The Yellow Crucifixion (1943)
* Bouquet with Flying Lovers (1930s–1944)
* Apocalypse in Lilac, Capriccio (1945)
* Nocturne (1947)
* La Mariée (1950)
* Le Grand Cirque (1956)
* Bouquet près de la fenêtre (1959–60)
* Le Grand Cirque (1968)
* Scène de Cirque (c. 1970)
* Le Clown au Cirque (1980)
* The Painter and His Fiancée (1980)
* Soleil dans le ciel de Saint-Paul (1983)

Mosaics|

* Four Seasons (1974)

Windows|

* All Saints Church, Tudeley (1967–1977)

Museums|

* Musée Marc Chagall (Nice)
* Marc Chagall Museum (Vitebsk)

Related|

* Bella Rosenfeld (wife)
* Vitebsk Museum of Modern Art (defunct)
* Chagall (1963 documentary)
* Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love (1977 documentary)
* 2981 Chagall

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