Descripción
Interpretive representation of a lithograph by Charles Sorlier based on the right-hand side of one of the preliminary models of the large painting “Jacob’s Dream”.
This poster was printed for the inauguration of the Musée National du Message Biblique Marc Chagall in Nice on 7 July 1973, the birthday of the Master. Thanks to the initiative of Mr. André Malraux and the support of General de Gaulle, it was the first time that a National Museum in France was dedicated to the works of a living artist.
Biblical Message, Nice.
If all love moves inexorably towards its end, we should, throughout our lives, tint it with the colours of love and hope. In love lies the social justification of our life and the core of all religion. For me, perfection in art and life emanates from the Bible, which is their source. Without spirituality, the rigid mechanics of logic and construction bear no fruit.
Perhaps the young and the not so young will come to this House seeking an ideal amalgam of brotherhood and love, such as all my colors and lines have dreamed of. Perhaps they will speak the words of a love such as that which I feel for all. Perhaps enemies will no longer exist, and the not so young will build a world of love.
And all of them, whatever their religion, will be able to come and speak of this dream, banishing all thoughts of evil or feverish excitement.
I would also like to see works of art and documents of high spirituality from all nations displayed in this place, to listen to their music.
Is this dream possible?
Yes. Because in art as in life, everything is possible, at the root is love.
Marc Chagall
