Painters [*/ ) Daphnis and Chloe | Marc Chagall (1956 – 1961)

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Marc Chagall, Winter                                                      Frontispiece, from Daphnis and Chloe
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Marc Chagall, The Little Swallow                                               Marc Chagall, Dorcon’s Strategy
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Marc Chagall, Chloe’s Judgement, from Daphnis and Chloe, 1961
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       Lamon Discovers Daphnis                                                     Daphnis and Lycenion
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   Marc Chagall, Daphnis and Gnathon                     Marc Chagall, Beside the Fountain
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Marc Chagall, The Nymphs’ Cave, 1961
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Marc Chagall, Death of Dorcon, 1961
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Marc Chagall, Chloe’s Kiss                                    Marc Chagall, Philetas’s Lesson
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Marc Chagall, Noon, in Summer                                        Marc Chagall, Chloe
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Marc Chagall, Springtime on the Meadow, from Daphnis and Chloe
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Marc Chagall, Daphnis’s Dream and the Nymphs                                       Marc Chagall,  The Wine Harvest
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Marc Chagall, The Orchard
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Marc Chagall, Philetas’s Orchard
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Marc Chagall, The Summer Season, 1961                                     Marc Chagall, Daphnis Discovers Chloe              
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Marc Chagall, Sacrifices Made to the Nymphs                                  Marc Chagall, Pan’s Banquet
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Marc Chagall, Hymen, from Daphnis and Chloe
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Marc Chagall Spring, from Daphnis and Chloe, 1961
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Marc Chagall, Echo
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   Marc Chagall, The Wolf Pit                                    Marc Chagall, The Trampled Flowers
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Marc Chagall, Temple and History of Bacchus, 1961
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Marc Chagall, Megacles Recognizes His Daughter During the Feast
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Marc Chagall, Lamon’s and Dryas’s Dreams                                            Marc Chagall, Noon, in Summer
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Daphnis and Chloe is a pastoral elegy attributed to the Greek poet Longus, dating from the second century A.D.
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Chagall had always been delighted with the tale, which analyzed the simple, mutual passion of two abandoned children who are protected by nymphs and the god Pan. When it was suggested to Chagall by Tériade (1956), the famed Parisian publisher, that he illustrate the fable of Daphnis and Chloe, Chagall began his preparation for the project by making two trips to Greece. While visiting Athens, Delphi, Olympia, Nauplis and Poros, Chagall executed a number of preliminary sketches and gouaches for the series. Falling in love with Greece–its landscape, history and climate–deeply influenced his choice of color and form for the Daphnis and Chloe lithographs. >

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