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In the Mountain

In the Mountain

Artist/Maker (French, born in Russia, 1887–1985)
Date1930
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 28 5/16 × 23 3/8 in. (71.9 × 59.4 cm)
Frame: 37 1/4 × 32 1/2 × 2 in. (94.6 × 82.6 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joseph and Enid Bissett
Object number1956.23
Status
On view
Copyright© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisMore Information
Known for his rich use of color and loose brushwork, Chagall painted dreamlike imagery lifted from his imagination. In the Mountain features softly-rendered figures that evoke a sense of loss and longing. Set against a lush backdrop of mountainous shadows and trees, the couple in In the Mountain is poised to float through the oversize, open window,

A Russian Jew working in Paris among such notable artistic contemporaries as Amedeo Modigliani and Fernand Léger, Chagall later relocated to the United States in 1941 to escape Nazi occupation.
Exhibition History
Marc Chagall Retrospective
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels ( 1938-02 - 1938-03 )
Marc Chagall Retrospective
  • Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (November 4, 1933 - December 3, 1933 )
Marc Chagall Retrospective
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York (April 9, 1946 - June 23, 1946 )
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 14, 1946 - January 12, 1947 )
From Turner to Picasso: Masterworks from the Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 27, 1988 - September 18, 1988 )
Marc Chagall: Mein Leben - Mein Traum (My Life, My Dream)
  • Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany (April 6, 1990 - June 3, 1990 )
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Landscape
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (June 15, 1993 - August 19, 1993 )
Dreams and Visions: Expressing the Inexplicable
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 9, 1997 - October 19, 1997 )
Collecting the Vanguard: Art from 1900 to 1970
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 17, 2001 - June 2, 2002 )
Figure to Non-Figurative: The Evolution of Modern Art in Europe and North America, 1830-1950
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 23, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
The Modern Landscape
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 4, 2007 - June 29, 2008 )
Modern and Contemporary Realisms
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 6, 2013 - June 22, 2014 )
Maidenform to Modernism: The Bissett Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 15, 2017 - May 27, 2018 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
  • On View
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