Marc Chagall Quote

Now at least "artists have the upper hand" in the town (Vitebsk). They get totally engrossed in their disputes about art (between constructivists and suprematists), I am utterly exhausted and 'dream' of 'abroad'.... After all, there is no more suitable place for artists to be (for me, at least) than at the easel, and I dream of being able to devote myself exclusively to my pictures. Of course, little by little one paints something, but it's not the real thing.


In a letter to Pavel Davidovitch Ettering, 2 April, 1920, as quoted in Marc Chagall - the Russian years 1906 – 1922, editor Christoph Vitali, exhibition catalogue, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 1991, p. 74


Now at least artists have the upper hand in the town (Vitebsk). They get totally engrossed in their disputes about art (between constructivists and...

Now at least artists have the upper hand in the town (Vitebsk). They get totally engrossed in their disputes about art (between constructivists and...

Now at least artists have the upper hand in the town (Vitebsk). They get totally engrossed in their disputes about art (between constructivists and...

Now at least artists have the upper hand in the town (Vitebsk). They get totally engrossed in their disputes about art (between constructivists and...