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Musée National Marc Chagall

Musée National Marc Chagall was created by the artist’s will to bring together in one purpose-built place his most important biblical works:the 17 paintings which make up the Biblical Message.After Chagall’s death, the museum was entrusted with a significant proportion of the acceptance-in-lieu (this is the procedure by which inheritance tax can be paid for in works of art. Chagall’s comprised over ). New acquisitions over time have filled out the collections and, thanks to the support of Chagall’s heirs, the museum has become monographic in its own right, attesting both to the spirituality of the artist’s work and to its place in the artistic movements of the 20th century. The permanent collection is the biggest public collection of works by Marc Chagall.It is organized around the set of works produced by the painter on the Old Testament themes,supplemented by a large number of works of secular or religious inspiration:over 400 painting,gouaches,drawings, wash drawings….

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