Description
「サーカス」は彼の絵の重要なテーマの一つ。大勢の観衆が見守るなか、舞台では白馬に乗った女曲馬師がピエロのもつ大きな輪の前にたち、その向こうには空中ブランコをする女曲芸師や鶏を持った男、ロバの頭をした人物の姿も見える。澄んだブルーをバックに、黄色や赤などの色彩が散りばめられた画面はまるで子どもの夢の中の出来事のようである。自己の内面世界を詩情に満ちた幻想的な画面として作品化したシャガールの不思議な美しさに満ちた作品である。
Data source
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Database
This database showcases some 2,000 objects from our collection of some 30,000 pieces of artworks from various periods and cultures including Japanese, Eastern and Western works, ranging from paintings...
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Aggregator
The Japanese Council of Art Museums
The Japanese Council of Art Museums (JCAM) supports the accomplishment of mission of art museums and seeks to assist art museums in fully basing their activities in a social context. The organization holds an annual meeting, memorial forums at annual meetings, lectures, Curatorial Study Meetings, and Study Group activities every year. The information and reports generated by these various activities are then expected to be shared with member museums, the greater art-related world and the general public. JCAM was founded in 1952 with the aim of providing a forum for art museums in Japan to think and act together. The organization was registered as a general incorporated association on April 1st, 2020 and includes over 450 members (full members, individual members and supporting members).
Last updated
January 9, 2026