Agape Chagall Museum of Art (new wing), located next to the Agape Ohtsuru Museum (main building), has been opened on November 1, 2024.
This new space will display approximately 350 original lithographs produced and supervised by Marc Chagall, an artist representing the 20th century known as the “Magician of Color” and “Painter of Love,” and is housed in the Agape Ohtsuru Museum’s collection. The new wing has been created with the hope that as many people as possible will find healing, hope, and peace of mind by experiencing Chagall’s works filled with “love” and “holiness.”
Marc Chagall was born in Imperial Russia (now Belarus) in 1887. He spent his childhood in the settlement of Vitebsk with Jewish parents and grew up as a devout Jew. He studied at art schools in Vitebsk and Belarus, and moved to France in 1910. At his Paris apartment and shared studio “La Ruche” (The Beehive), he met painter Amedeo Modigliani and poet Guillaume Apollinaire, and through his interactions with artists, he came into contact with trends such as Fauvism, Cubism, and Orphism. Chagall joined the École de Paris, and while he was influenced by many things, he did not fit into one style and established his own unique style that evokes nostalgia.
Chagall, who had experienced the last great war and fled to the United States in 1948, moved to France. He settled in Vence in the south of France, and throughout his life he pursued the themes of “love” and “holiness.” He was also one of the leading religious painters of the 20th century, and his works continue to accompany people during the war. He passed away in 1985.
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