La Bible

En 1931, Vollard invite également Chagall à illustrer la Bible, ce récit complexe et familier qu’il connaît depuis sa plus tendre enfance dans la communauté hassidique de Vitebsk. Qui mieux que Chagall pouvait raconter ces grandes séquences et cette épopée qui fondent finalement toute notre Histoire ? Chagall effectue au début de l’année 1931 un voyage qui va le conduire en Palestine. C’est à Jérusalem qu’il aura la révélation de ces lieux saints où le Christ et les prophètes ont vécu. Lui, qui travaillera sans cesse dans son atelier, peindra sur place, posant son chevalet face aux paysages millénaires et glorifiés de Jérusalem.

In 1931, Vollard also asked Chagall to illustrate the Bible, this complex and familiar narrative he had known since he was a child in the Hasidic community of Vitebsk. Who better than Chagall to recount these great scenes and this epic tale lying at the basis of human history? In early 1931, Chagall made a journey that would take him to Palestine. In Jerusalem, the holy sites that were home to the prophets and Christ were a revelation to him. As an artist who would usually work non-stop in his studio, here Chagall painted on site, setting up his easel in front of Jerusalem’s glorious, eternal landscapes.