FEMME À LA BOUGIE OU MA GRAND-MÈRE 1926 - 1927

"FEMME À LA BOUGIE OU MA GRAND-MÈRE" (Woman with a Candle or My Grandmother), painted in 1926-27 by Marc Chagall, is a striking example of the artist's signature style. The work portrays a woman with a melancholic expression, a central figure in Chagall's recurring themes of memory, nostalgia, and Jewish heritage. The use of vibrant colors and expressive brushstrokes characteristic of Chagall's art creates a sense of emotional intensity and dreamlike atmosphere. The symbolic candle, illuminating the woman's face, evokes themes of light and darkness, perhaps representing the passage of time and the fading of memory.