Scène de Cirque

Scène De Cirque is an oil on canvas painting by Belarusian-French artist Marc Chagall, from c. 1970. It is held in a private collection.

Scène de Cirque
English: Circus Scene
Artist	Marc Chagall
Year	1970 (1970)
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	72.7 cm × 91.7 cm (28.6 in × 36.1 in)
Owner	Private collection

Description

The canvas features acrobats, trapeze artists and clowns. The subject of circus was dear to the artist.^[1] Chagall often returned to the circus as a subject matter in his artworks.^[2] He considered clowns, acrobats and actors as tragically human beings who are like characters in certain religious paintings.^[3] Among other Post-Impressionist and Modern painters who featured the circus in their works are Georges Seurat, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pablo Picasso, Georges Rouault, Kees van Dongen, and Fernand Léger.^[3]

Provenance

The painting has been estate of the artist till 1998 when it was sold to private collector. In 2017 it was acquired by a private American collector at Sotheby's.^[4]

Exhibitions

• Reykjavik, National Gallery of Iceland, The Reykjavik Arts Festival, 1998

See also

• List of artworks by Marc Chagall