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Created in the 1970s. In the 1970s, Belarussian-born Marc Chagall created a five-part stained-glass window series and a rosette for the chancel of the Fraumünster church in Zurich. This world-famous masterpiece by Chagall still impresses visitors from around the world today.
Best known as a painter, Chagall had been working in stained glass for several decades by the 1970s. He was drawn to the medium as a way to explore intense color on a monumental scale. Working with stained-glass maker Charles Marq, Chagall executed 86 windows across Europe, Israel, and the United States.
White or colored glass has been used since Antiquity to make mosaics and, since the Middle Ages, to create stained-glass windows. After moving to Vence in 1950, Marc Chagall began experimenting with new techniques—ceramics, sculpture, mosaic—and dreamed, for the first time, of undertaking a project of monumental proportions.
Jul 30, 2019 · Viewing Marc Chagall’s America Windows is an almost overwhelming experience. Standing at eight feet high and thirty feet across, the mammoth windows include symbols of America’s history, in particular America’s relationship with the arts. Although Chagall was an acclaimed painter, Singulart will be exploring his work with stained glass ...
May 17, 2021 · 17 May 2021 • Share — For Marc Chagall, a stained-glass window represented “the transparent partition between my heart and the world’s heart.” Stained glass is thrilling because it “has to live by the light which passes through it.”
May 30, 2010 · Reinstalled in a brand new gallery in late 2010, this visitor favorite absolutely glows from its recent conservation.
Browse 81 marc chagall stained glass photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Stained-glass window of Reims Cathedral. Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral, France. Chagall window in All Saints Church, Kent, UK. stained-glass window of Reims Cathedral. Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral, France.
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