22 originals
Marc Chagall
UTERMANN GALERIE
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OVERVIEW :
was founded by Wilhelm Utermann in Dortmund in 1853 and is now in its fifth generation of family ownership. What originally started as a book and stationery company quickly developed into a high-quality art gallery with a framing workshop. In the 1890s, after taking over the business from his father, Carl Utermann focused on the Düsseldorf and Munich schools of painting and eventually had his own residential and commercial building built in the heart of Dortmund. After the destruction of the gallery premises at the end of the Second World War, Werner Utermann, Carl’s son, rebuilds the art business in the ruins of the city with established positions from the 19th century, but also modern artists such as Otto Pankok and Käthe Kollwitz. His son Wilfried Utermann takes over the gallery in 1972 and changes the artistic focus towards German Expressionism and Classical Modernism. In 1978, on the occasion of the gallery’s 125th anniversary, Utermann opens a large Expressionist retrospective, which ultimately establishes the gallery in the modern field. In 1986, the art dealers Prof. Hans Pels-Leusden, Michael Neumann, Bernd Schultz, Raimund Thomas, and Wilfried Utermann decide to found the Berlin-based auction house Grisebach. Today, Grisebach is one of the leading auction houses in Europe. In 1998, the gallery moves within Dortmund to the Hansakontor, the former administrative building of Ruhrkohle AG, an architectural monument of post-war reconstruction with its sculpture garden.
27 May > 12 July, 2024
Mariage au grand bouquet Marc Chagall circa 1979 India ink, gouache, pastel and pencil on vellum paper 69.2 x 50.3 cm
La fuite: coq et bouc au dessus du village Marc Chagall 1962 gouache, pastel and graphite on paper 73.6 x 56.1 cm
ABOUT ARTISTS : Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall was one of the most important painters of the 20th century. In his pictorial worlds, he created a fantastic, timeless mysticism full of poetry and legends. Recurring motifs include lovers, the moon and traditions from Judaism. His work is regarded as unbroken until his old age.
On July 7, 1887, Marc Chagall was born in Vitebsk in present-day Belarus, the eldest of nine children in a Jewish family. After graduating from municipal school, he attended the Swansewa School of Art in St. Petersburg from 1908 to 1910 directed by Léon Bakst.
During a study visit to Paris in 1910, he attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and the Académie de la Palette and moved into the artist’s studio La Ruche. There he made the acquaintance of Fernand Léger, Amadeo Modigliani, Chaim Soutine and others as well as learning about the avant-garde and new art movements, from which he was influenced in his work. He participated in exhibitions, including the Salon des Indépendants and Salon d`Automne. Through the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, Chagall met Herwarth Walden, who opened Chagall’s first solo exhibition in his Berlin gallery “Der Sturm” in 1914. More than 200 works by the artist were shown. After a short stay in Vitebsk, Marc Chagall was unexpectedly caught up by the First World War in 1914 and remained in the city for the time being. In 1915, he married Bella Rosenfeld and the couple moved to St. Petersburg. A year later, their daughter Ida was born.
After the October Revolution of 1917, Chagall, as a Jew, was now recognized as a full citizen of the country, and his friendship with the Minister of Enlightenment, Anatoly Lunacharsky, led to his appointment as Commissar of Art. In this position, he founded his art academy in Vitebsk in 1919, to which he appointed El Lissitzky and Kazimir Malevich as teachers. In the same year, he participated in the first official exhibition of revolutionary art in the former Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, and the government purchased 12 works from him.
He moved to Moscow and left his position at the Art Academy in 1920. There he furnished the Jewish Theater with murals and costumes. In 1921, he also worked as a drawing teacher in the Malakhovka war orphan colony near Moscow and wrote his biography “My Life”.
Femme au corsage rouge avec grand bouquet Marc Chagall circa 1984 tempera, gouache and pastel on paper 62.5 x 50.3 cm
ABOUT EXHIBITION : 22 originals
After thorough preparations, we are happy to present a comprehensive solo exhibition of the internationally renowned artist Marc Chagall (1887–1985) from May 27 to July 12, 2024. The works on display range from preparatory work for important paintings and self-portraits to what is probably the artist's most picturesque motif, the eternal lovers and newly-weds.
With bright colours, painterly poetry and countless autobiographical motifs, no other artist in the 20th century succeeded in developing such an independent and impressive artistic language. Apart from any artistic movement, Chagall manifested himself early in the international art world and was honoured worldwide with major solo exhibitions and retrospectives throughout his life.
ABOUT EXHIBITION : 22 originals
After thorough preparations, we are happy to present a comprehensive solo exhibition of the internationally renowned artist Marc Chagall (1887–1985) from May 27 to July 12, 2024. The works on display range from preparatory work for important paintings and self-portraits to what is probably the artist's most picturesque motif, the eternal lovers and newly-weds.
With bright colours, painterly poetry and countless autobiographical motifs, no other artist in the 20th century succeeded in developing such an independent and impressive artistic language. Apart from any artistic movement, Chagall manifested himself early in the international art world and was honoured worldwide with major solo exhibitions and retrospectives throughout his life.
ABOUT ARTISTS : Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall was one of the most important painters of the 20th century. In his pictorial worlds, he created a fantastic, timeless mysticism full of poetry and legends. Recurring motifs include lovers, the moon and traditions from Judaism. His work is regarded as unbroken until his old age.
On July 7, 1887, Marc Chagall was born in Vitebsk in present-day Belarus, the eldest of nine children in a Jewish family. After graduating from municipal school, he attended the Swansewa School of Art in St. Petersburg from 1908 to 1910 directed by Léon Bakst.
During a study visit to Paris in 1910, he attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and the Académie de la Palette and moved into the artist’s studio La Ruche. There he made the acquaintance of Fernand Léger, Amadeo Modigliani, Chaim Soutine and others as well as learning about the avant-garde and new art movements, from which he was influenced in his work. He participated in exhibitions, including the Salon des Indépendants and Salon d`Automne. Through the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, Chagall met Herwarth Walden, who opened Chagall’s first solo exhibition in his Berlin gallery “Der Sturm” in 1914. More than 200 works by the artist were shown. After a short stay in Vitebsk, Marc Chagall was unexpectedly caught up by the First World War in 1914 and remained in the city for the time being. In 1915, he married Bella Rosenfeld and the couple moved to St. Petersburg. A year later, their daughter Ida was born.
After the October Revolution of 1917, Chagall, as a Jew, was now recognized as a full citizen of the country, and his friendship with the Minister of Enlightenment, Anatoly Lunacharsky, led to his appointment as Commissar of Art. In this position, he founded his art academy in Vitebsk in 1919, to which he appointed El Lissitzky and Kazimir Malevich as teachers. In the same year, he participated in the first official exhibition of revolutionary art in the former Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, and the government purchased 12 works from him.
He moved to Moscow and left his position at the Art Academy in 1920. There he furnished the Jewish Theater with murals and costumes. In 1921, he also worked as a drawing teacher in the Malakhovka war orphan colony near Moscow and wrote his biography “My Life”.
Marc Chagall Gallery Opening Hours : Tuesdays - fridays: 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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