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| Song of Songs III, by Marc Chagall Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice |
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| Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice |
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| Photo of Marc Chagall |
The museum houses works donated to the French State by Marc Chagall and his wife, Valentina. In the Main Hall, seventeen Biblical Message paintings depict important scenes from the Bible.
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| Moses and the Burning Bush, by Marc Chagall Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice |
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| Moses Depicted with Horns |
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| Paradise, by Marc Chagall Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice |
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| Eve Offers Adam the Apple |
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| Driven from Paradise, by Marc Chagall Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice |
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| A Blooming Tree |
The adjoining Song of Songs room houses a series of five paintings about a bride and groom, all done in various shades of red. Chagall dedicated this room to his second wife, Valentina.
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| Song of Songs III, by Marc Chagall Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice |
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| Barnyard Animals are Frequently Depicted in Chagall's Work |
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| Song of Songs IV, by Marc Chagall Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice |
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| Chagall's Subjects Often Defy Gravity |
The museum includes a reflecting pond with a mosaic wall and an auditorium with stained glass windows depicting the seven days of creation.
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| Pond Mosaic |
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| Auditorium Windows Depicting the Seven Days of Creation |
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| Stained Glass in the Main Hall |
The museum has a nice outdoor café where you can relax beneath the olives trees.
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| Chagall Museum Café |
Marc Chagall died in 1985 and is buried in the cemetery of a nearby hill town, St-Paul-de-Vence.
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| St-Paul-de-Vence |
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| St-Paul-de-Vence Cemetery and Marc Chagall's Grave (far right) |
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| Marc Chagall's Grave |
For up-to-date information on visiting the museum, check the Musée national Marc Chagall web site.
Now you have me racking my brain to remember where I saw one of his stained glass windows.
ReplyDeleteI've read that Chagall did stained glass windows at the cathedrals in Metz and Reims.
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