De verre et de pierre : Chagall en mosaïque

Exhibition at the Musée Chagall, Nice, 24 May - 22 September 2025

Like stained glass, tapestry and ceramics, mosaics were among the new artistic expressions that Marc Chagall (1887-1985) experimented with after the Second World War, when he returned to France in 1949 to work in Vence. It opened up new avenues for the artist in his research into light, matter and colour, and in the creation of monumental works in dialogue with architecture.

The artistic partnership that Chagall established with the mosaicists embodied a synergy where innovation and heritage met, revealing the way in which an ancestral technique could stimulate contemporary creation. Between 1958 and 1986, Chagall created 14 mosaics in the South of France, the United States (Chicago and Washington), Israel (Jerusalem) and Switzerland.

This exhibition catalogue offers a comprehensive overview of Chagall's fourteen mosaic projects, through numerous works and archive documents. Specialist texts are accompanied by reproductions of the works in situ and details compared with the artist's sketches.