The artwork titled “Double portrait with a glass of wine,” created by Marc Chagall in 1918 near Liozna, the vicinity of Vitebsk in Belarus, is a seminal piece from the Surrealism movement. Executed in oil on canvas, this genre painting measures 233 x 136 cm and currently resides at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, France.
The artwork depicts an evocative and dreamlike scene featuring two figures. One figure, a woman in a white dress, stands holding a bouquet while the second figure, a man, sits atop her shoulders, raising a glass of wine in a celebratory gesture. The figures are rendered in a whimsical, almost fantastical manner typical of Chagall’s style, enhanced by a vibrant color palette dominated by warm hues of yellow, orange, and red. The backdrop includes abstract representations of buildings and a bridge, suggestive of an ethereal and imaginative setting. The surrealistic composition and the joyful yet enigmatic expressions of the figures evoke a sense of wonder and complexity, reflective of Chagall’s unique artistic vision.
