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

Marc Chagall, Winter                                                      Frontispiece, from Daphnis and Chloe

Marc Chagall, The Little Swallow                                               Marc Chagall, Dorcon’s Strategy

Marc Chagall, Chloe’s Judgement, from Daphnis and Chloe, 1961

       Lamon Discovers Daphnis                                                     Daphnis and Lycenion

   Marc Chagall, Daphnis and Gnathon                     Marc Chagall, Beside the Fountain

Marc Chagall, The Nymphs’ Cave, 1961

Marc Chagall, Death of Dorcon, 1961

Marc Chagall, Chloe’s Kiss                                    Marc Chagall, Philetas’s Lesson

Marc Chagall, Noon, in Summer                                        Marc Chagall, Chloe

Marc Chagall, Springtime on the Meadow, from Daphnis and Chloe

Marc Chagall, Daphnis’s Dream and the Nymphs                                       Marc Chagall,  The Wine Harvest

Marc Chagall, The Orchard

Marc Chagall, Philetas’s Orchard

Marc Chagall, The Summer Season, 1961                                     Marc Chagall, Daphnis Discovers Chloe              

Marc Chagall, Sacrifices Made to the Nymphs                                  Marc Chagall, Pan’s Banquet

Marc Chagall, Hymen, from Daphnis and Chloe

Marc Chagall Spring, from Daphnis and Chloe, 1961

Marc Chagall, Echo

   Marc Chagall, The Wolf Pit                                    Marc Chagall, The Trampled Flowers

Marc Chagall, Temple and History of Bacchus, 1961

Marc Chagall, Megacles Recognizes His Daughter During the Feast

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. >