Chagall 1966-1985 – Dans la lumière de Saint-Paul-de-Vence

In 1948, upon his return from exile in the United States, where he had found refuge during the Second World War, Marc Chagall first settled in Orgeval, in the Paris region, until 1949, then on the Côte d'Azur, in Vence, where he lived until 1965. He settled permanently in Saint-Paul-de-Vence where he lived at the villa "La Colline" from 1966 until his death in 1985. During this period, Chagall implemented many monumental projects such as stained glass windows, mosaics and the creation of the Marc Chagall National Museum, inaugurated in 1973, the first national museum dedicated to a living artist.

The artist continued his lithographic work, notably in collaboration with Charles Sorlier at Mourlot in Paris and with Cramer editions in Geneva. Between 1966 and 1985, Chagall produced more than half of the original lithographs he made during his career (662 out of 1,101). The museum holds 148 lithographs from this period in its collection, almost all of which come from donations by Charles Sorlier in 1986 and 1988. The exhibition presents a large part of them, enriched by paintings, a tapestry and stained glass projects for the museum. These creations, marked by an exceptional vitality, resonate with some early works and illustrate the permanence and recurrence of the themes explored by the artist since his earliest years: the self-portrait, the couple, the circus, the Bible...