Join the ABC Research Group at The Beecroft Gallery, Southend

on Saturday 27th January, 11.15am – 12.30pm

to discuss the life and art of Marc Chagall.

Focusing especially on his career before exile in 1922, we’ll look at Chagall’s vision and inspiration, in Vitebsk, Paris and the first revolutionary years of Soviet Russia.

As always we’ll seek as many resources for further independent study as possible. The Tate website as well as the National Museum of Marc Chagall in Nice website are certainly brilliant starting points. And perhaps the best in-depth biography of the artist is by Jackie Wullschlager “Chagall: Love and Exile” (published by Penguin in 2008 it seems it’s only now available from libraries).

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No need to book. £10 on the door. These meetings are informative & collaborative discussions open to everyone wishing to share their love for visual art. Coffee at The Jazz Centre downstairs afterwards!

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Join us on Friday 19th January, 11.30am for about an hour

at The Beaumont (Barchester Healthcare), 15 Cannon Hill, Old Southgate N14 7DJ

to discuss Marc Chagall’s

“Paris through the Window” [1913; see Guggenheim]

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“Art & Coffee at The Beaumont” is a gentle art appreciation meeting supported by Barchester Healthcare and open to both residents and local community.

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For further research, it is worth looking at the Tate website [here] and there really is no better biography of the artist than Jackie Wullschlager’s “Chagall: Love and Exile”. Published by Penguin in 2008, it seems to be unavailable at bookshops sadly, but should be in your local library.

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As a little diversion, for anyone living in or visiting Kent there are the glorious stained glass windows created by Chagall and glassmaker Charles Marq for All Saints Church in Tudely; see Wikipedia for Ian Alexander’s photographs/close-ups including this stunning Angel:

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