L’inspiration multicolore du peintre 1979 - 1980

Marc Chagall painted L’inspiration multicolore du peintre, and you can see his joyful, almost scribbled approach to making marks. It's like he's letting the paint dance on the surface. The piece is a riot of color; the painting feels almost feverish. There's a sense of play in how he layers the colors, letting them bleed into one another. Check out the way he renders the flowers in the vase – it’s a flurry of blues, reds, and greens. Each daub of paint seems to hum with its own energy. He’s got that winged figure floating above the village, right? The form’s outlined, but the color within is loosely applied, transparent. It’s like he's saying that inspiration isn’t fixed; it’s something that’s always in flux, always shifting. Chagall reminds me a little of Joan Miró, in that both artists share a similar sense of freedom and fantasy, but with Chagall, there’s also this deep sense of yearning and nostalgia. And who knows, maybe tomorrow I’ll see something completely different in it! That’s the beauty of painting, right?