Fille au corsage rouge et bouquet c. 1934

Marc Chagall made ‘Fille au corsage rouge et bouquet’ in oil paint. The way he builds up the paint is kind of the whole story here, right? Look at the surface, all those peaks and troughs, a real topography of feeling. It's like he's wrestling with the paint, trying to pin down something just out of reach. See that glob of red on her… shoulder? It’s not just color; it’s got weight, texture, a real physical presence. And the way he contrasts that saturated red with those chalky pinks and blues, it’s like a visual shout, a primal scream of color. You can really see the influence of someone like Van Gogh here, that same commitment to pure, unadulterated emotion. But Chagall brings his own sensibility, his own sense of humor and playfulness, to the mix. It's a conversation, an ongoing dialogue between artists across time.