Marc Chagall vs. Henri Matisse
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Marc Chagall
1887 – 1985
Marc Chagall was a Russian and French artist of Jewish origin. An early modernist, he was associated with the École de Paris, as well as several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine art prints.
"At present there is an extremely exaggerated formation of groups around 'trend'; there are 1. young people following Malevich and 2. young people following me. …"
Henri Matisse
1869 – 1954
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.
"Composition, the aim of which is expression, alters itself according to the surface to be covered. If I take a sheet of paper of given dimensions I will jot dow…"