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Marc chagall cause of deathParis Through the Window, 1913 by Marc Chagall
"Paris!"" Chagall wrote in his autobiography. "No word sounded sweeter to me!" By 1911, at age 24, he was there, thanks to a stipend of 40 rubles a month from a supportive member of the Duma, Russia's elective assembly, who had taken a liking to the young artist.
After Marc Chagall moved to Paris from Russia in 1910, his paintings quickly came to reflect the latest avant-garde styles. In Paris Through the Window, Chagall's debt to the Orphic Cubism of his colleague Robert Delaunay is clear in the semitransparent overlapping planes of vivid color in the sky above the city.
Marc chagall paris through the window analysis
The Eiffel Tower, which appears in the cityscape, was also a frequent subject in Delaunay's work. For both artists it served as a metaphor for Paris and perhaps modernity itself. Chagall's parachutist might also refer to contemporary experience, since the first successful jump occurred in 1912.
Other motifs suggest the artist's native Vitebsk. This painting is