Greeting Card for 1968 1967

This is Marc Chagall’s 1968 greeting card, with the image measuring roughly 13 by 11 centimetres. It is made out of simple strokes of blue and black on a pale background. Just imagine Chagall, in his eighties by then, gently layering these marks. The black lines feel so sure, outlining the forms of mother and child. The blue shading suggests a kind of dream space, doesn't it? It's like he’s conjuring a shared memory, a universal image of love and tenderness. Maybe he was thinking about his own life, his childhood, and all the emotions wrapped up in those memories. I think the beauty of this simple image lies in how it invites us into a space of shared feeling. It’s like a visual poem. We’re all just trying to make sense of the world, one gesture at a time. And that's the thing about painting – it is about being in the present moment, and that's something all artists share.