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The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Le vase aux lilas depicts Chagall's most seminal artistic motifs, fantasy and love. He explores these themes by juxtaposing a large bouquet of flowers with a whimsical vignette of a couple effortlessly riding a rooster. This personification of a fowl is clearly informed by Chagall's ongoing project for Ambroise Vollard to illustrate Jean de la Fontaine's renowned fables. In addition, Russian folk art and icons influence the artist's oeuvre, visible in this canvas's prominent use of gold and in Chagall's nave painterly style. Nevertheless, the most notably influence in Chagall's work, is France. The year Le vase aux lilas was painted, the artist and his wife, Bella bought a house called Villa Montmorency, in a suburb of Paris. Here the blossoms unmistakably demonstrate his connection to his new country of residence. Chagall felt that when he painted a bouquet, it was as if he was painting a landscape, as it represented France to him (J.J. Sweeney, Marc Chagall, New York, 1946, p. 56).
While this canvas introduces flowers as a patriotic symbol, Chagall's paintings have long depicted flowers latent with immense artistic significance. Through the thick, textural application of paint, Chagall explores these seductive blossoms, and he experiments with their ability to portray the love of happy couples. The most potent inspiration for these blooms is Chagall's utter adoration for his wife and muse, Bella. In Le vase aux lilas, the rich lilacs demonstrate the purity of adoration, contrasted by the diagonal band of red blooms, ending with a sprinkling of purple buds. To the artist, effervescent, full flowers are synonymous with love, which he felt was the basis of true Art. Here the depiction of utter, starry-eyed adoration is intrinsic, expressed through a fantastical scene of a couple and a prominent bouquet. Thanks to Chagall, these iconic motifs of Le vase aux lilas and hallmarks of the artist's oeuvre have become universally recognizable as metaphors of romantic love.
Le vase aux lilas depicts Chagall's most seminal artistic motifs, fantasy and love. He explores these themes by juxtaposing a large bouquet of flowers with a whimsical vignette of a couple effortlessly riding a rooster. This personification of a fowl is clearly informed by Chagall's ongoing project for Ambroise Vollard to illustrate Jean de la Fontaine's renowned fables. In addition, Russian folk art and icons influence the artist's oeuvre, visible in this canvas's prominent use of gold and in Chagall's nave painterly style. Nevertheless, the most notably influence in Chagall's work, is France. The year Le vase aux lilas was painted, the artist and his wife, Bella bought a house called Villa Montmorency, in a suburb of Paris. Here the blossoms unmistakably demonstrate his connection to his new country of residence. Chagall felt that when he painted a bouquet, it was as if he was painting a landscape, as it represented France to him (J.J. Sweeney, Marc Chagall, New York, 1946, p. 56).
While this canvas introduces flowers as a patriotic symbol, Chagall's paintings have long depicted flowers latent with immense artistic significance. Through the thick, textural application of paint, Chagall explores these seductive blossoms, and he experiments with their ability to portray the love of happy couples. The most potent inspiration for these blooms is Chagall's utter adoration for his wife and muse, Bella. In Le vase aux lilas, the rich lilacs demonstrate the purity of adoration, contrasted by the diagonal band of red blooms, ending with a sprinkling of purple buds. To the artist, effervescent, full flowers are synonymous with love, which he felt was the basis of true Art. Here the depiction of utter, starry-eyed adoration is intrinsic, expressed through a fantastical scene of a couple and a prominent bouquet. Thanks to Chagall, these iconic motifs of Le vase aux lilas and hallmarks of the artist's oeuvre have become universally recognizable as metaphors of romantic love.