Fantasy Art History: Marc Chagall's A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Important Historical Examples of Fantasy Art :
Marc Chagall: A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Marc Chagall's A Midsummer's Night Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Marc Chagall
c.1939, 45" x 35"
Oil on Canvas

Begun in 1930, Chagall did not complete this painting until 1939. The two characters in the painting could be Bottom and Titania from Shakespeare's play Midsummer Night's Dream. Chagall was drawn to the hybrid, half animal, half human, characters which he painted earlier in paintings of circus themes. It also could be a version of beauty and the beast. The small red devil or fairy is the most dynamic image in the composition as she gestures and seems to be encouraging the romance. Only the paleness of the woman subdues the yellow faced beast and exciting colors of purples and greens.

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